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Oldest living cancer genome has been sequenced

Canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT) is a sexually transmitted cancer that affects dogs. Its genome has recently been sequenced, revealing that it originated in one dog and has continued to live on for an astonishing 11,000 years; the longest known living cell lineage. The study was led by Elizabeth Murchison of the Wellcome Trust Sanger…