A New Approach to Gene Therapy—Now In Dogs, Maybe Later In Humans
For dogs with mitral valve disease, a gene therapy entering clinical trials at Cummings School could hold promise.
For dogs with mitral valve disease, a gene therapy entering clinical trials at Cummings School could hold promise.
Clinical studies will evaluate whether a weekly insulin injection controls glucose levels in sick dogs—and soon in cats
When Olaf, a four-year-old Siberian husky, was diagnosed with diabetes in February, there wasn’t anything his owners, Gina and Brian Dacey, wouldn’t do to help him. “We’ve had him since he was a few weeks old, and he’s really still just a baby,” Gina Dacey said.
Cummings School researcher focuses on comparative oncology and improving cancer treatment in both pets and people
Veterinary and human cardiologists at Tufts make the case for studying a heart condition together to accelerate the pace of new treatments.
Many of you may be familiar with clinical trials used in treating human disease. In a similar way, veterinary clinical studies are being conducted to assess promising new treatments, drugs or procedures in animals. As in human health, participation in veterinary clinical trials is on a volunteer basis. As an academic veterinary medical center, the Read More