Scientists Discover the First Contagious Cancer in a Freshwater Animal
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- The Conversation UK Health·1h agoSome animals catch cancer from others in their species – here’s why humans aren’t one of them
Bullhead catfish. jack perks/Shutterstock.com Scientists in Vermont have just discovered something that shouldn’t really be possible: a skin cancer that’s spreading from catfish to catfish. It’s only the fourth transmissible cancer ever found in nature. Catfish now join…
Read at The Conversation UK Health → - SciTechDaily·4h agoScientists Discover the First Contagious Cancer in a Freshwater Animal
Vermont scientists were surprised to discover a melanoma that spreads from one catfish to another like a parasite, marking the first known transmissible cancer in a freshwater animal. Raised black lesions have appeared on brown bullhead catfish across Lake Memphremagog and other…
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