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October 21, 2008
Life finds a way
I was amazed to learn that an odd sort cancer is killing off the Tasmanian devils. Unlike say stomach cancer which can be caused by the bacteria helicobacter pylori or mononucleosis with Hodgkin lymphoma, this is an actual infectious cancer where the cells spread to other devils. This is more like an infectious version of the hardy cervical cancer of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells have lasted more than a half-century beyond her death.
I wonder if these cells will mutate into something less dangerous and more infectious before the devils go extinct. On another note, how did they get this cartoon
from this animal?
Posted by OneEyedMan at October 21, 2008 8:09 AM
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