Synchrotron could help save the Tassie devil

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CSIRO scientists will use Australias new Synchrotron in Melbourne as a research weapon in the fight to save the Tassie devil.
CSIRO scientists will use Australia’s new Synchrotron in Melbourne as a research weapon in the fight to save the ‘Tassie devil’.

Dr Church says he will use the synchotron to see if the disease causes any biochemical changes in the devils which could be detected in their hair before the disease becomes apparent.


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