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Malignant Bone Cancer Found in a Fossilized Dinosaur Bone

Scientists found osteosarcoma — one of the most common types of bone cancer in humans — in the fossilized shin of a 76-million-year old horned dinosaur.

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Devrupa Rakshit
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Aug 7, 2020
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Image Credit: The Globe and Mail
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AuthorDevrupa Rakshit

Devrupa Rakshit is an Associate Editor at The Swaddle. She is a lawyer by education, a poet by accident, a painter by shaukh, and autistic by birth. You can find her on Instagram @devruparakshit.

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