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  2. Thumbnail for World first: trial of Tasmanian Devil vaccine begins in the wild

    World first: trial of Tasmanian Devil vaccine begins in the wild

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/19-world-first-trial-of-tasmanian-devil-vaccine-begins-in-the-wild
    15 Oct 2015: The release of 19 immunised devils into Tasmania’s Narawntapu National Park marks an important point in the quest to save the Tasmanian devil from extinction – it is the first time a vaccine against the deadly cancer threatening the species has
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    Securing the future of our Tasmanian devil

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/41-securing-the-future-of-our-tasmanian-devil
    18 Feb 2016: The mission to save our iconic Tasmanian devils is not an easy one, but our team of devils advocates is fighting on, with University of Tasmania Menzies Institute for Medical Research scientists leading the charge. The Devil Facial Tumour Disease
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    Tasmanian Devils evolving in response to deadly facial tumours

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/155-tasmanian-devils-evolving-in-response-to-deadly-facial-tumours
    31 Aug 2016: Tasmanian devils may avoid extinction, with new evidence they are evolving genetic resistance to the deadly facial tumour disease. An international team of scientists - including University of Tasmania wildlife ecologist Associate Professor Menna
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    Deadly disease can ‘hide’ from a Tasmanian devil’s immune system

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/223-deadly-disease-can-hide-from-a-tasmanian-devils-immune-system
    4 Jan 2017: The Tasmanian devil facial tumour (DFT) cells may use a molecular deception – common in human cancers – that could allow the deadly disease to avoid the animal’s immune system, according to our new research published this month. Recently it
  6. Thumbnail for Devilish problem closer to being solved

    Devilish problem closer to being solved

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/245-devilish-problem-closer-to-being-solved
    9 Mar 2017: An international study involving multiple institutions over six years has shown that immunotherapy can cure Tasmanian devils of the deadly devil facial tumour disease (DFTD). The research was led by the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute
  7. Thumbnail for Clever devils coexisting with cancer

    Clever devils coexisting with cancer

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/531-clever-devils-coexisting-with-cancer
    15 Feb 2018: The deadly devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) affecting Tasmanian devils has triggered evolutionary responses in the species which may help them to coexist with the cancer, new research has found. Researchers from Australia and France reviewed the
  8. Thumbnail for Immunised devils fighting cancer from within

    Immunised devils fighting cancer from within

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/543-immunised-devils-fighting-cancer-from-within
    22 Feb 2018: A new study has found more than 95 per cent of Tasmanian devils immunised prior to being released into the wild have generated a robust antibody response to the deadly devil facial tumour disease (DFTD). Lead author Dr Ruth Pye from the University
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    On the trail of the London thylacines

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/573-on-the-trail-of-the-london-thylacines
    9 Apr 2018: On a cold, dark night in the winter of June 2017, hundreds of people gathered on the lawns of Hobart’s parliament house to join a procession that carried an effigy of a giant Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) to be ritually burnt at Macquarie Point. In
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    Joining forces to fight cancer

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/609-joining-forces-to-fight-cancer
    17 May 2018: The University of Tasmania has joined an international research partnership designed to better understand the role of cancer in ecological and evolutionary processes. The University will collaborate with a group of French research institutions and
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    Tassie devils’ decline has left a feast of carrion for feral cats

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/801-tassie-devils-decline-has-left-a-feast-of-carrion-for-feral-cats
    29 Nov 2018: The decline of Tasmanian devils is having an unusual knock-on effect: animal carcasses would once have been gobbled up in short order by devils are now taking many days longer to disappear. We made the discovery, published today in the journal

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