NPR: A strange transmissible cancer is spreading through the catfish in this lake For more than a decade, there's been something fishy going on in a lake that straddles Vermont and the province of Quebec. It involves cancer, a kind of catfish, and — possibly — clues about how ... A strange transmissible cancer is spreading through the catfish in this lake Forbes: Scientists Just Discovered A Contagious Cancer In A Catfish, The Fourth Known To Science.

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Meet The Other Three Only four transmissible cancers are known, contagious cell lineages that spread between animals. Meet the dog, devil and shellfish cancers behind the catfish. Scientists Just Discovered A Contagious Cancer In A Catfish, The Fourth Known To Science. Meet The Other Three Scientists in Vermont have just discovered something that shouldn't really be possible: a skin cancer that's spreading from catfish to catfish.

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It's only the fourth transmissible cancer ever found in ... A black skin disease affecting catfish has been identified as the first transmissible cancer ever discovered in a freshwater fish species. Herald Business: Cancer that spreads like an infection? A third of catfish in one lake share the same tumor — here's why Cancer that spreads like an infection? A third of catfish in one lake share the same tumor — here's why MedPage Today: Captain Kirk Survives Cancer; Nonsmokers' Lung Cancer Crisis; Catfish and Cancer The findings revealed catfish in Lake Memphremagog had melanoma lesions, a type of skin cancer.

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KYUK: A strange transmissible cancer is spreading through the catfish in this lake CBC.ca on MSN: Catfish in Quebec catch cancer from each other, study finds