Health
Common cholesterol drugs could help devils out of facial tumour hell – Brisbane Times
Tasmanian devils have had their numbers drastically reduced by aggressive facial tumours. Now, research has shown a common drug could be the key to saving them.
Common drugs used to lower cholesterol in humans could help save Tasmanian Devils from a terrible plague of facial tumours.
The tumours are passed from devil to devil through bites, which the famously aggressive animals do to each other often throughout their lives.
The research found statins, which reduce cholesterol, can prevent the tumours from growing.Credit:Save the Tasmanian Devil Program
It is estimated that Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease has caused an 80 per cent drop in the animals…
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