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Four Wild Tasmanian Devils Defy the Odds to Beat Facial Cancer, Scientists say

posted by martyb on Friday October 21 2016, @03:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the lucky-devils dept.

butthurt writes:

The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) reports that University of Tasmania researchers have identified four Tasmanian devils which recovered, in the wild, from devil facial tumour disease, the transmissible facial cancers that are prevalent in the species. Another two recovered, but were afflicted again later.

Previously:
Tasmanian Devils are Developing Resistance to Transmissible Cancer

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 21 2016, @03:32AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 21 2016, @03:32AM (#417084)

    Better than face cancer is immunity to superbugs:

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tasmanian-devil-milk-may-help-fight-against-superbugs/ [cbsnews.com]

    After all, tasmanian devils don't really care about how ugly their faces are. But superbugs, that's a problem for us too.

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