great white shark has cancer

[InRareForm]

http://m.livescience.com/41655-great...31205_15275184

[AntiChrist]

But, wasn't there a scientific consensus that sharks don't get cancer?

Falsification is a .

[The Reckoning]

that's near adelaide...


interestingly enough there's a mining boom going on there and a cage diving center at port lincoln nearby that chums the water to attract the sharks.

i wonder if the chum is contaminated with something...or it could be due to the increased human activity in the area. there are also seals in the area that eat local .

[pgardn]

But, wasn't there a scientific consensus that sharks don't get cancer?

Falsification is a .

There is no scientific evidence that shark cartilage is useful in treating or preventing cancer or other diseases.[1][2] Controlled trials have shown no benefit to shark cartilage supplements,[3] and shark cartilage contains potentially toxic compounds linked to Alzheimer disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[4][5] However, shark cartilage supplements remain popular on the basis of the misconception that sharks do not get cancer, popularized in the 1992 best-selling book Sharks Don't Get Cancer.



So No there was/is not.
But there are marine myths that are popular.

[Blake]

Reminds me of that movie where Samuel J Jackson tells all the scientists trapped underwater "WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT" right before the shark comes out of nowhere and eats him.

They were researching a cure for Alzheimers using shark dna, iirc.