Yahoo Entertainment June 30, 2026 • 01:41

Rare contagious cancer is tearing through Washington's Puget Sound clams after East Coast jump - Yahoo

By Wyatt Fischer

Genetic analysis showed that the Puget Sound cancer belongs to the same lineage previously found in Atlantic Coast soft-shell clams.

Scientists are tracking a serious outbreak of a contagious cancer (bivalve transmissible neoplasia) in soft-shell clams in Washington's Puget Sound.
Genetic evidence suggests the cancer lineage like… [+2957 chars]

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