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Koala Bears Battle With Cancer and STD Caused By Retrovirus

Medicine & Technology Feb 28, 2021

Analysis of 10 koala DNA samples shows that koalas have been infected by a retrovirus roughly 50,000 years ago that inserts themselves near genes that are closely linked with STDs and specific cancers.

Koala bears

Koala Bears Battle With Cancer and STD Caused By Retrovirus

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