valerie macdonald
Going to the dogs for cancer models
October 13th, 2014
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A dog owner who shows up at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) with a pet that has lymphoma might be surprised to see a molecular geneticist and an internist from the College of Medicine on the team of specialists handling the case. Professor Troy Harkness from the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Dr. Terra Arnason, a …
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Dogs good models for cancer research
Researchers in the College of Medicine are spending time at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM), keeping an eye on dogs with cancer in an effort to improve the effectiveness of cancer treatment in humans. “Dogs and humans get the same cancers,” said Troy Harkness, a molecular geneticist and professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology in …
April 17th, 2014 Full story »
