Tumor found in dinosaur fossil sheds light on modern childhood disease
A group of researchers from the Tel Aviv University identified a benign tumor called LCH (Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis) in the fossilized tale of a 'duck-billed dinosaur.’
Location of the pathological vertebrae in a hadrosaur skeleton. The space that contained the overgrowth open to the caudal surface of the vertebrae.(photo credit: ARIEL POKHOJAEV/TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY)ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
