The clammy grip of parasitic tumors.

Weiss, Robin A; Fassati, Ariberto · Cell · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

An epidemic of leukemia among bivalve molluscs is spreading along the Atlantic coast of North America, with a serious population decline of soft-shelled clams. In this issue of Cell, Metzger et al. use forensic DNA markers to demonstrate that the leukemia cells have a clonal origin and appear to be transmitted through sea water.

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