This triceratops cousin suffered from osteosarcoma, just like many humans do
A bone found 30 years ago holds the secrets of dinosaur cancer. (Danielle Dufault, Royal Ontario Museum/)Cancer follows a fairly standard protocol: Cells multiply out of control until they take over key organs necessary for survival. Creatures across the animal kingdom from humans to birds to reptiles can all get cancer, and, as researchers report this week, so can dinosaurs that roamed the Earth millions of years ago. Knowing more about how and why the mysterious forms in these ancient creatures could help doctors prevent more animals from meeting the same fate.Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum and McMaster University have discovered that an ancient triceratops-like beast that lived over 75 million years ago developed an osteosarcoma tumor in its leg bone. They published their new findings in The Lancet last week.The team of scientists, including health experts and paleontologists, had been searching for human-like diseases in ancient dinos by...