Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Tasmanian Devil Cancer News

BBC:
...scientists say Cedric appears to be naturally resistant to the contagious tumours which have killed half the devil population in Tasmania.

Cedric is the first Tasmanian Devil to have shown any immunity from the disfiguring disease.

Photo from the U. of Tasmania Foundation's Tasmanian Devil Appeal. And here's Save the Tasmanian Devil.

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2 comments:

Samuel John Klein said...

Now, that's what I call evolution in action!

Mark Prime (tpm/Confession Zero) said...

There's hope in that. The resistance of Cedric and evolution.