Not Yet Classified -- Australia
Scientists have discovered a potential treatment for a cancer that has ravaged Australia's Tasmanian devil population.
The infectious facial cancer has wiped out 80 percent of wild devils since it was first identified in 1996.
By injecting live cancer cells, researchers have used immunotherapy for the 1st time to successfully treat the disease.
The breakthrough is hoped to fast-track development of an effective vaccine, said the international research team.
The treatment
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