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Elizabeth Murchison: Combatendo um câncer contagioso

Filmed Jul 2011 • Posted Sep 2011TEDGlobal 2011
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O que está dizimando o demônio da Tasmânia? Um câncer virulento está infectando-os aos milhares -- e diferente da maioria dos cânceres, é contagioso. A pesquisadora Elizabeth Murchison nos conta como está lutando para salvar o Taz, e o que está aprendendo sobre todos os cânceres desta cepa incomum. Contém imagens perturbadoras de câncer facial.

Elizabeth Murchison studies a mysterious (and contagious) cancer that threatens to wipe out Tasmanian devils. Full bio »

Translated into Portuguese, Brazilian by Isabel Villan
Reviewed by Rafael Eufrasio
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