Posted on 04/09/2015 11:32:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin
"The evidence indicates that the tumor cells themselves are contagious -- that the cells can spread from one animal to another in the ocean," said researcher Stephen Goff of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Columbia University in New York City.
"We know this must be true because the genotypes of the tumor cells do not match those of the host animals that acquire the disease, but instead all derive from a single lineage of tumor cells," Goff explained.
The findings, published April 9 in Cell, suggest that cells can survive in seawater long enough to reach and infect a new host. The researchers said it remains unclear if this soft-shell cancer can affect other mollusks, such as snails and mussels
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Feline Leukemia is contagious.
My next band name.
Nevermind. eastcoastclams.com URL is already taken.
You know you’ve got it when you go insane!
You could make it your tagline....
Caused by globull warming, of course.
Contagious Killing Cells is mine.
I do not know if it is true or not. A friend who spent years in New England said that clams are harvested near the sewage output into the ocean because the clams see that as we see filet mignon or lobster. If it is true that clams are harvested where the sewage dumps into the ocean, then I would imagine that leukemia would thrive in that environment.
I hope it doesn’t affect sea otters or walruses, both of which eat clams.
Clams got leukocytes?
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How bout malignant east coast clams?
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