TWiV 337: Steamer
May 17, 2015•1 hr 9 min
Episode description
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Michael Metzger and Steve Goff
Vincent meets up with Michael and Steve to discuss their finding of a transmissible tumor in soft shell clams associated with a retrovirus-like element in the clam genome.
Links for this episode- Hemocytic leukemia in soft shell clam (Sci Total Environ)
- Activation of Steamer in neoplastic hemocytes (PNAS)
- Transmission of clonal cancer cells in clams (Cell)
- Steve Goff on TWiV #76
- Image credit
Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!
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