V začetku leta 2010 so znanstveniki našli nekajo tasmanskih vragov, večinoma v severovzhodnem delu Tasmanije, ki so gensko dovolj drugačni, da njihova telesa raka prepoznajo kot tujek.
In early 2010, scientists found some Tasmanian devils, mostly in the north-west of Tasmania, that are genetically different enough for their bodies to recognise the cancer as foreign.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix