Julie Dragon

“By studying how cancers survive and spread outside their original host, we can learn a great deal about what keeps cancers contained—and what happens when those boundaries break down,”

Julie Dragon · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-25

Dragon said studying transmissible cancers could reveal insights into how cancers survive and spread beyond their original host.

“We wanted to know how a bottom-dwelling fish was getting a cancer we associate with exposure to too much sunlight.”

Julie Dragon · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-25

Researchers were surprised to find melanoma in brown catfish from Lake Memphremagog and sought to understand its cause.