Veterinarians and Physicians at the University of California-Davis use Activated Immune Cells to Treat Bone Cancer in Dogs

A team of researchers at the Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis has described a new way to increase the anti-cancer activity of natural killer cells.
Veterinarians and Physicians at the University of California-Davis Examine a Novel Triple Therapy to Treat Advanced Cancer in Dogs

Comparative medicine is the study of disease in humans and animals, looking at similarities and differences between the two.
Veterinarians and Physicians at the University of California-Davis are Studying Cancer Treatments in Dogs and Humans

Researchers at the Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis are now conducting rigorous clinical trials of new treatments on animals with naturally occurring cancer with the hope they might eventually benefit humans as well as the family pet.
Paying it Forward

Owner Credits Beloved Dog with Saving his Life, Vows to Return the Favor
Animal and Human “Big Data” Provide a Resource for Translational Research

Researchers are using pre-clinical human and animal health data to build a structured, open-source clearinghouse for medical information.
Novel Triple Therapy in Murine Models and Spontaneous Canine Malignancies Provides Hope for Clinical Translation to Humans

Davis examined the efficacy and immunologic effects of a novel triple therapy consisting of local radiotherapy, intratumoral CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODN), and systemic indolamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) blockade in mouse models and dog clinical trials.
Scientists Preserve Vision in Dogs with a Disease Similar to Retinitis Pigmentosa in Humans

Veterinarians, physicians and scientists collaborated on novel gene therapy in dogs for a blinding disease called autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.
New Chance for Improved Heart Function in Cats and People
Researchers investigated a novel drug that proved effective in altering feline heart function in naturally occurring inherited hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).