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  1. 01-01-2010, 01:47 PM #1
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    Scientists Discover Origin of a Cancer in Tasmanian Devils

    January 1, 2010
    Scientists Discover Origin of a Cancer in Tasmanian Devils
    By CARL ZIMMER
    The Tasmanian devil, the spaniel-size marsupial found on the Australian island of Tasmania, has been hurtling toward extinction in recent years, the victim of a bizarre and mysterious facial cancer that spreads like a plague.

    Now Australian scientists say they have discovered how the cancer originated. The finding, being reported Friday in the journal Science, sheds light on how cancer cells can sometimes liberate themselves from the hosts where they first emerged. On a more practical level, it also opens the door to devising vaccines that could save the Tasmanian devils.

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    The idea of viral cancer is pretty scary.
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