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Cancer That Spreads Between Bodies

A discovery of the first known transmissible cancer in freshwater catfish opens onto the deeper science of how tumors arise, mutate, and occasionally move between hosts.

5 booksJuly 23, 2026

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A strange transmissible cancer is spreading through the catfish in this lakenpr.org More Like Parasites Than Tumors: Vermont Scientists Discover Transmissible Cancer...uvm.edu Deep in This Lake, a Contagious Cancer Is Spreadingnytimes.com

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