Contagious Cancers
Rarely, tumour cells can spread between individuals. When they do, the results can be disastrous. Today, we'll be learning about contagious cancers in dogs (Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumours), Tasmanian devils (Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease), and bivalve molluscs (Bivalve Transmissible Neoplasia).
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Image Credits
By David Goodsell - RCSB Molecule of the Month doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2005_3, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By (Photo: Menna Jones) - To Lose Both Would Look Like Carelessness: Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease. McCallum H, Jones M, PLoS Biology Vol. 4/10/2006, e342. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040342, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Joel Mills, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., via Wikimedia Commons