Psychology & Psychiatry
Physiological benefits may be experienced by veterans with PTSD who use service dogs
A new study shows how veterans with PTSD may benefit physiologically from using service dogs.
Jun 12, 2018
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News tagged with veterinary medicine
Ophthalmology
Fighting diabetic blindness: Researchers develop new target to study potential treatments
Diabetic retinopathy is a retinal microvascular disease that often causes blindness in adults who have had diabetes mellitus for 10 years or more. Estimates are that 600 million people will have some sort of diabetic retinopathy ...
Apr 25, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Virus-like particle could lead to new cancer vaccine
Michigan State University scientists are engineering a virus-like particle, known as Qβ, that will generate anti-cancer immune responses in the body and potentially be used as a new vaccine for the treatment of cancer.
Mar 2, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New treatment strategies for chronic kidney disease from the animal kingdom
The field of biomimetics offers an innovative approach to solving human problems by imitating strategies found in nature. Medical research could also benefit from biomimetics, as a group of international experts from various ...
Feb 16, 2018
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Neuroscience
A little myelin goes a long way to restore nervous system function
In the central nervous system of humans and all other mammals, a vital insulating sheath composed of lipids and proteins around nerve fibers helps speed the electrical signals or nerve impulses that direct our bodies to walk, ...
Oct 24, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Light-based cancer therapy moves through clinical trials
In 2016, a dog named Eliza made the national news after a miraculous recovery from a terminal cancer diagnosis. The 13-year-old Labrador retriever had been given five weeks to live when she received "immunolight therapy," ...
Sep 27, 2017
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Genetics
Promising therapy for fatal genetic diseases in children nears human trials
Researchers at University of Massachusetts Medical School and Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine are nearing human clinical trials on a genetic therapy for two rare neurological diseases that are fatal to children.
Jul 18, 2017
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Neuroscience
Natural experiment, dogged investigation, yield clue to devastating neurological disease
After a 29-year quest, Ian Duncan, a professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has finally pinpointed the cause of a serious neurologic disease in a colony of rats.
Apr 20, 2017
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Health
Liver fully recovers from a low protein diet
Damage caused to the liver by a low protein diet can be repaired, a new study just published in the prestigious journal Nutrition has found.
Mar 27, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
America's porky pets face health woes, too, FDA says
(HealthDay)—America's weight problem extends to its pets, with a majority of cats and dogs dangerously overweight, a federal government veterinarian warns.
Mar 16, 2017
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