“We can deduce then that devils with higher natural antibody ratio are therefore less susceptible to the contagious cancer,” Beata Ujvari of Australia’s Deakin University said in a statement.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New findings in research funded by Morris Animal Foundation offer valuable insight on how to fight devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) that has resulted in a catastrophic ...

Tasmanian devils nip at each other's faces while eating carcasses and during mating season, providing opportunities for infectious face cancer to spread. Photo by Wayne McLean via Wikimedia Commons ...

Andrew S. Flies receives funding from the University of Tasmania and the Australian Research Council. He has previously received funding from Nexvet Australia as part of an Innovation Connections ...

Researchers are preparing to test a vaccine to thwart the spread of a deadly contagious cancer in an iconic Australian marsupial, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Devil facial tumour ...

Researchers at the University of Tasmania's Menzies Institute for Medical Research and the School of Medicine have added an arsenal of new tools (video link) to their repertoire for fighting the ...

Tasmanian devil populations have dwindled in recent decades due to two contagious facial cancers that cause debilitating growths. Now, alongside an international group of scientists and organizations, ...

POWELL, Ohio (WCMH)– The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium announced the death of one of their Tasmanian devils Tuesday. The zoo said in a social media post they made the difficult decision to humanely ...

A new study has shown that the marsupial’s milk contains key peptides that are able to eliminate bacterial infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA.) The peptides belong ...

Transmissible cancer which has devastated Tasmanian devil populations is unlikely to cause extinction, according to latest research. A new study of Tasmanian devils has revealed that a transmissible ...