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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 21 2016, @03:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 21 2016, @03:47AM (#417089)

    did anyone consider giving them anti virals? since that is how this cancer is caused and it's only a species were talking about plus it might be nice if we new if it might work in case they are not the only ones and it jumps species like aids or ebola or swinn flu or chicken flu or or .. just a thought

  • (Score: 2) by butthurt on Friday October 21 2016, @03:56AM

    by butthurt (6141) on Friday October 21 2016, @03:56AM (#417093) Journal

    Devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) is an aggressive non-viral transmissible parasitic cancer among Tasmanian devils.

    --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFTD [wikipedia.org] (emphasis added)

    It's not viral; it's cancerous cells that spread from one individual to another. There are at least two cell lines: one from a female, and the other from a male.