Gavi on Mythryl: “Cancer isn’t contagious. Except, occasionally, when it is. In dogs…”

Cancer isn’t contagious. Except, occasionally, when it is. In dogs, Tasmanian devils, clams and now catfish, scientists have found cancers that can physically pass from one animal to another and continue growing in a new host. Here’s how these strange cases are blurring the lines: bit.ly/4dV0Z0c

bit.lyDogs, devils, clams and catfish: When cancer is contagiousIn a handful of animals, tumors can be transmitted like infectious diseases or parasites, defying science’s tidy definitions.

10/10/26, 6:00 am2 reposts0 likes

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