TWiV 337: Steamer

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Michael Metzger and Steve Goff

Vincent meets up with Michael and Steve to discuss their finding of a transmissible tumor in soft shell clams associated with a retrovirus-like element in the clam genome.

• Hemocytic leukemia in soft shell clam (Sci Total Environ)
• Activation of Steamer in neoplastic hemocytes (PNAS)
• Transmission of clonal cancer cells in clams (Cell)
• Steve Goff on TWiV #76
• Image credit

Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!

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