Breakthrough boosts hope for treating contagious cancer in Tasmanian devils

Mongabay
Mar 14, 2017, 3:57 am136 pts
A type of transmissible cancer has decimated Tasmanian devil populations. First detected in 1996, the devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) has spread across most of the Tasmanian devil's range and has wiped out more than 80 percent of these animals in Tasmania. The cancer, which spreads when the devils bite each…

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