tasmanian devil

The largest study to date of the animals’ genetics provides robust evidence that they are adapting to survive a highly lethal, contagious cancer scientists feared would cause their extinction.

Conservation biologist John Ewen discusses the recent reintroduction of Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia after a 3,000-year absence and issues that need to be considered when bringing long-departed animals back into an area.

Only a handful of contagious cancers are known to exist, yet they have attracted an increasing number of researchers worldwide trying to understand how and why they arise.

A new study reveals similarities between the transmissible cancers that infect the endangered marsupials, and hints at ways to treat them.

Researchers in Australia claim to have successfully used immunotherapy to treat devil facial tumor disease.

Roger Tsien dies; the CRISPR patent dispute you’ve never heard of; immunotherapy for Alzheimer’s; Tasmanian devils developing resistance to transmissible cancer

The marsupials’ genomes show evidence of a rapid evolutionary response to selection imposed by devil facial tumor disease.

The proteins could be the key to stopping the transmissible facial tumor disease that is threatening the species.

A second fatal, transmissible cancer has been identified in the already endangered species.  

With the iconic Australian marsupial carnivore on the brink of extinction, Tasmanian researchers race to unlock the immunological mysteries of a disease threatening the species.

See the devastating infectious cancer that may drive the Tasmanian Devil to extinction.

Meet the species whose DNA has recently been sequenced.

Meet the species whose DNA has recently been sequenced.