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A contagious cancer spreads among catfish in North America

Researchers from the University of Vermont are studying a transmissible melanoma in catfish.

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The affected North American lake shows a fourth documented case of contagious animal cancer.

Skin transmission is the leading hypothesis to explain this rare spread.

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Cette découverte pourrait éclairer les mécanismes de transmission des cancers chez les espèces animales, avec des implications potentielles pour la recherche médicale humaine.

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