Scientists Discover the First Contagious Cancer in a Freshwater Animal

Catfish with Melanoma CancerVermont scientists were surprised to discover a melanoma that spreads from one catfish to another like a parasite, marking the first known transmissible cancer in a freshwater animal. Raised black lesions have appeared on brown bullhead catfish across Lake Memphremagog and other waters in New England and Canada. What initially looked like pollution or infection […]

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