Deep in This Lake, a Contagious Cancer Is Spreading
Researchers have identified a rare form of transmissible skin cancer affecting freshwater fish across Canada and the U.S.
Where it stands
Scientists have discovered the first-ever instance of contagious cancer in fish. This transmissible skin cancer has been identified in fish residing in lakes across the United States and Canada, including Quebec.
Coverage from the New York Times, Gizmodo, CTV News, CBC, and Phys.org emphasizes that these cancer cells behave more like parasites than traditional tumors. The discovery is characterized as rare.
Future attention will likely focus on the spread of these cells within freshwater lake environments.
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Answered
Where has this contagious cancer been found?
It has been discovered in freshwater fish in lakes across the U.S. and Canada, specifically including Quebec.
What type of cancer is affecting the fish?
The discovery involves a transmissible form of skin cancer.
How do these cancer cells behave?
According to Phys.org, the cells act more like parasites than traditional tumors.
Coverage (11)
- Scientists Discover Contagious Cancer in Lake Memphremagog Catfish AOL.com · 43d ago
- Scientists Discover The Fourth Transmissible Cancer Known To Science Forbes · 44d ago
- Brown bullhead catfish melanoma represents a novel transmissible cancer Nature · 45d ago
- Scientists confirm rare 'parasite-like' cancer in bullhead from Lake Memphremagog Vermont Public · 45d ago
- More Like Parasites Than Tumors: Vermont Scientists Discover Transmissible Cancer in Catfish University of Vermont · 45d ago
- Deep in This Lake, a Contagious Cancer Is Spreading NYT > Science · 45d ago
- Scientists Discover the First-Ever Contagious Cancer in Fish Gizmodo · 45d ago
- Transmissible skin cancer discovered in freshwater fish in Canada and U.S. CTV News · 45d ago
- Transmissible cancer cells discovered in fish act more like parasites than traditional tumors Phys.org · 45d ago
- 'Rare' contagious cancer found in fish from Quebec and U.S. lakes CBC · 45d ago
- Deep in This Lake, a Contagious Cancer Is Spreading The New York Times · 45d ago broke it first
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