Assertion: devil's system | /r/HasProperty | immune
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text: Initially, it was suspected that devils had low genetic diversity, so that their immune system did not recognise the tumour cells as foreign.
text: The genes have already existed in the Tasmanian devil as part of their immune system.
text: In March 2017 it was reported that scientists have for the first time successfully treated Tasmanian devils suffering from the disease, by injecting live cancer cells into the infected devils to make their immune system recognise the disease and fight it off, in a breakthrough which is hoped to speed-up development of an effective vaccine that can be administered to devils in the wild.
text: In March 2017, scientists at the University of Tasmania presented an apparent first report of having successfully treated Tasmanian devils with the disease, by injecting live cancer cells into the infected devils to stimulate their immune system to recognise and fight the disease.