Preventing the Tasmanian devil's downfall

Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 15:30 in Biology & Nature

This release outlines a study into the contagious facial cancer that is threatening the Tasmanian devil with extinction. This cancer has ravaged the Tasmanian devil population since its discovery in 1996. The researchers found clues about where the cancer came from and how it became contagious.

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