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Colossal Foundation and University of Tasmania Partner to Combat Devil Facial Tumour Disease with Vaccines and Gene Editing
By By Colossal Biosciences Inc. at Denton Record-Chronicle
· June 30, 2026
· 1 min read
The collaboration leverages Colossal's marsupial de-extinction and conservation biotechnology platform to save the Tasmanian devil from a contagious cancer that has driven 80% population declines across Tasmania
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Published: June 30, 2026 ·
Source: Denton Record-Chronicle ·
Reading time: 1 min
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What is this story about? The collaboration leverages Colossal's marsupial de-extinction and conservation biotechnology platform to save the Tasmanian devil from a contagious cancer that has driven 80% population declines across Tasmania
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