Scientists have discovered a rare transmissible cancer between fish - and it could ultimately help humans

Scientists have discovered a rare transmissible cancer between fish — and it could ultimately help humans Key takeaways Powered by Yahoo Scout. Yahoo is using AI to generate key points from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Between 2014 and 2017, the malignant melanomas were spotted on 23-37 percent of the brown bullhead catfish sampled, the research states. The cancer cells detected in Lake Memphremagog’s brown bullhead population cannot infect other species, according to the UoV release. See more Scientists have discovered a rare transmissible form of cancer spreading between fish, according to a new study. ​

Researchers say the discovery, which showed cancer cells behaving more like parasites than regular tumors, could actually help us to understand how cancer metastasises in the human body.​