Julie Dragon

“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.

“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.