Phys.Org (July 25) -- At the University of Illinois, MatSE professor Jianjun Cheng teamed up with a veterinarian to test a bone cancer drug delivery system in animals bigger than the standard animal model, the mouse. They chose dogs - mammals closer in size and biology to humans - with naturally occurring bone cancers, which also are a lot like human bone tumors. Also: My Science (July 25), Scienmag (July 25), Science Daily (July 26), Bioscience Technology (July 26), ScienceBlog (July 26), G.I.T. Laboratory Journal (July 26), Drug Discovery & Development (July 27), National Institutes of Health (Director's Blog, Aug. 2).
At the University of Illinois, an engineer teamed up with a veterinarian to test a bone cancer drug delivery system in animals bigger than the standard animal model, the mouse. They chose dogs - mammals closer in size and biology to humans - with naturally occurring bone cancers, which also are a lot like human bone tumors.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-07-scientists-nanoparticle-drug-delivery-dogs.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-07-scientists-nanoparticle-drug-delivery-dogs.html#jCp