Koalas are facing multiple environmental and health issues which threaten their survival. Along with habitat loss - accelerated by last year's devastating bush fires - domestic dog attacks and road accidents, they suffer from deadly chlamydial infections and extremely high frequency of cancer. Scientists now demonstrate that a retrovirus invading the koala germline explains the high frequency of koala cancer.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210226103805.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210226103805.htm
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