Comparative Oncology: Trial cancer treatments for dogs could also lead to breakthroughs for humans – 60 Minutes
If you’ve ever lost a dog to disease. It may well have been cancer. Some 4 million dogs in the U.S. are diagnosed with it every year, often the same kinds of cancers humans get. We share many of the same genes with our canine companions. And for cancer research, that’s an opportunity scientists are trying to make the most of. It’s called comparative oncology. Now funded in part by the White House’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative, doctors and scientists are…