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The Colossal Foundation is partnering with the University of Tasmania on an initiative to fight a facial cancer that has reduced the wild population of Tasmanian devils by 80% since the 1990s. [Photo: Colossal Foundation]
Colossal Foundation Partners with the University of Tasmania to ‘Give Tasmanian Devils a Fighting Chance’
by Sandra Engelland | Jul 7, 2026
By using a vaccine and gene editing, the partners aim to fight a lethal cancer that has reduced the wild population of Tasmanian devils by 80% since the 1990s.
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