Introduction Marine environments offer a wealth of opportunities to improve understanding
and treatment options for cancers, through insights into a range of fields from drug discovery …

Simple Summary Sea Turtles have a unique immune system, which evolved over millions of
years in the persistent host-pathogen arms race. As this species occupies a unique …

Elusive aquatic wildlife, such as endangered sea turtles, are difficult to monitor and
conserve. As novel molecular and genetic technologies develop, it is possible to adapt and …

Sea turtle populations are under threat from an epizootic tumor disease (animal epidemic)
known as fibropapillomatosis. Fibropapillomatosis continues to spread geographically, with …

Simple Summary Sea turtles are susceptible to several herpesviruses that are linked to
dermatologic diseases, including fibropapillomatosis (FP) and lung-eye-trachea disease …

Several cancer risk factors (exposure to ultraviolet-B, pollution, toxins and pathogens) have
been identified for wildlife, to form a “cancer risk landscape.” However, information remains …

Pathogen-induced cancers account for 15% of human tumors and are a growing concern for
endangered wildlife. Fibropapillomatosis is an expanding virally and environmentally co …

Simple Summary Characterised by benign tumours, fibropapillomatosis is a debilitating
disease that predominantly afflicts the endangered green turtle (Chelonia mydas). A growing …

Simple Summary In the last few decades, sea turtles have been threatened by a disease
called Fibropapillomatosis. Infection causes the growth of several tumors which can prevent …

Chelonia mydas (green turtles) are being threatened worldwide by fibropapillomatosis (FP),
which has seriously affected their survival. The presence of FP on the body surface and …