Mystery solved: Facial cancer decimating Tasmanian devils likely began in Schwann cells

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. -- An international team of scientists led by a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) investigator has discovered that the deadly facial tumors decimating Australia's Tasmanian devil population probably originated in Schwann cells, a type of tissue that cushions and protects nerve fibers.

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