The fact that a type of cancer can be transmissible is very scary and somewhat intimidating. Many populations of Tasmanian Devils don’t stand a chance against this cancer and their future is looking very bleak. The one bright side to this disease is that we can study transmissible cancer. These cancers are extremely rare with only a few other cases in the entire world. Understanding how these cancers work will help us develop new methods of treatment in case more diseases like this develop in the future. Transmissible cancers are extremely dangerous and have shown that they can obliterate a species in no time at all. I believe that studying this cancer and finding a cure for it is going to be incredibly beneficial for humans and the Tasmanian devils.
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