In the sea, a deadly form of leukemia is catching
Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 17:20
in Biology & Nature
Outbreaks of leukemia that have devastated some populations of soft-shell clams along the east coast of North America for decades can be explained by the spread of cancerous tumor cells from one clam to another. Researchers call the discovery, reported in the Cell Press journal Cell on April 9, 2015, "beyond surprising."