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SUMMARY:Transmissible cancers: when cancer cells become infectious agents?
  - Elizabeth Murchison\, The Transmissible Cancer Group\, Department of Ve
 terinary Medicine.
DTSTART:20221109T140000Z
DTEND:20221109T150000Z
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CONTACT:Samantha Noel
DESCRIPTION:Cancer arises when mutations drive cells of the body to abando
 n their usual functions and to instead embark upon a “selfish” evoluti
 onary programme underpinned by abnormal growth. Most cancers exist only wi
 thin the bodies of the hosts that spawn them\; rarely\, however\, cancers 
 can acquire adaptations allowing them to spread between individuals. In su
 ch transmissible cancers the cancer cells themselves become agents of infe
 ction. Elizabeth Murchison will discuss recent research on the origins and
  evolution of the naturally occurring mammalian transmissible cancers affe
 cting dogs and Tasmanian devils.
LOCATION:CMS\, Meeting Room 15
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