Cancer
5 cancer organisms and their business parallels
Bivalve Transmissible Neoplasia
Clam leukemia is a transmissible cancer spreading through soft-shell clam populations in the Atlantic. Like DFTD and CTVT, the cancer cells themselves...
Cancer Cells
Cancer cells serve as the book's most powerful cautionary example of what happens when growth controls fail. They appear not as a metaphor but as a li...
Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor
CTVT is the world's oldest known cancer - a sexually transmitted tumor that has been spreading through dog populations for approximately 11,000 years....
Devil Facial Tumor Disease
Devil Facial Tumor Disease is a transmissible cancer that spreads between Tasmanian devils when they bite each other during mating and feeding. Unlike...
HeLa Cells
HeLa cells were taken from Henrietta Lacks' cervical cancer in 1951 - and they're still alive, dividing in labs worldwide. They've been cultured conti...