Seaports are hotspots of contagious cancer in
<p style="text-align:justify">Seaports act as hubs for the global spread of MtrBTN2,&nbsp;a rare contagious cancer affecting mussels. In this disease, cancer cells can be transmitted, like parasites, from one mussel to another nearby. While, in nature, such contagion mainly occurs between mussels in the same bed, ports and maritime transport facilitate the spread of MtrBTN2 to other locations, through biofouling, whereby diseased mussels attach themselves to ship hulls. This ...
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