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SUMMARY:Transmissible cancers: when cancer cells become infectious agents 
 - Professor Elizabeth Murchison
DTSTART:20220125T203000Z
DTEND:20220125T220000Z
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CONTACT:Amanda Buckingham
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\nCancer arises when mutations drive cells of the body
  to abandon their usual functions and to instead embark upon a “selfish
 ” evolutionary programme underpinned by abnormal growth. Most cancers ex
 ist only within the bodies of the hosts that spawn them\; rarely\, however
 \, cancers can acquire adaptations allowing them to spread between individ
 uals. In such transmissible cancers the cancer cells themselves become age
 nts of infection. Elizabeth Murchison will discuss recent research on the 
 origins and evolution of the naturally occurring mammalian transmissible c
 ancers affecting dogs and Tasmanian devils.\n \nCOVID -19 Policy \nWe kind
 ly ask attendees to test negative for COVID -19 by lateral flow the day of
  the event and to not attend the event if they have any symptoms of COVID 
 -19. In addition\, we strongly encourage attendees to have completed their
  full course of COVID -19 vaccines prior to the event. Please wear a face 
 covering whilst not eating or drinking.\n\nThis event also will be livestr
 eamed over Zoom. If you would like to watch the livestream please register
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LOCATION:The Theatre\, Peterhouse (with Zoom livestream)
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