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       Contagious cancer likely crossed an ocean, triggering severe
       outbreak in Pacific Northwest clams
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: June 23, 2026, 6:54 pm
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       Contagious cancer likely crossed an ocean, triggering severe
       outbreak in Pacific Northwest clams
       New study documents rapidly spreading transmissible cancer and
       introduces environmental DNA tool to track its spread
       Peer-Reviewed Publication
       Pacific Northwest Research Institute
       SEATTLE – Researchers have identified a severe outbreak of a
       rare contagious cancer in soft-shell clams in Washington state's
       Puget Sound and found evidence that the disease was recently
       introduced to the Pacific Northwest from Atlantic Coast
       populations.
       The study, published June 23 in the Proceedings of the National
       Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reports that the cancer's prevalence
       exceeded 75% at two Puget Sound locations by 2024, making it one
       of the most significant outbreaks of bivalve transmissible
       cancer documented in the region.
       LINK:
  HTML https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1133348
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