The clammy grip of parasitic tumors

Robin A Weiss; Ariberto Fassati

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.03.034

The clammy grip of parasitic tumors

Cell. 2015 Apr 9;161(2):191-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.03.034.

Authors

Robin A Weiss¹, Ariberto Fassati²

Affiliations

¹ Wohl Virion Centre, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: r.weiss@ucl.ac.uk.
² Wohl Virion Centre, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

PMID: 25860599
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.03.034

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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MeSH terms

Animals
Mya / cytology*