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Yellowstone Wolves, Grizzlies And Moose 'Dysfunctional' Study Says
April 16, 2003 A recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) appearing in the journal Biological Conservation warns that a proposal to remove grizzly bears and wolves living in the Greater Yellowstone ... > full story -
DNA-Based Vaccine Triples Survival For Dogs With Melanoma; Immune Boosting Vaccine Also Being Studied In Humans
April 10, 2003 For nine dogs that naturally developed canine malignant melanoma, treatment with a new DNA-based vaccine more than tripled their median survival from an expected 90 days to an average of 389 ... > full story -
Easter Lilies Deadly To Cats
March 21, 2003 With the Easter holiday approaching, cat owners should be aware that Easter lilies pose a potential health hazard to their ... > full story -
Pavlov's Flies: Researchers Identify Fruit Fly Memory Mutants; Broad Implications Seen For Treating Alzheimer's And Other Human Diseases
February 19, 2003 By teaching fruit flies to avoid an odor and isolating mutant flies that can't remember their lessons, researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York have identified dozens of genes ... > full story -
Dogs On Fatty Diet May Give Clues To Human Disease Development
January 16, 2003 Coonhound puppies on diets containing the type of fat found in deep-fried foods are furthering understanding of how these fats contribute to aging and development of human diseases such as ... > full story -
Purdue Veterinarian Studies Compulsive Behavior In Dogs
October 23, 2002 Dogs' quirky, unexplainable repetitive behaviors can be part of an anxiety condition known as canine compulsive disorder. Andrew Luescher, director of Purdue's Animal Behavior Clinic and one ... > full story -
NHGRI Adds Cow And Dog To High Priority List For Sequencing Model Organisms
September 13, 2002 The National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research has recommended adding the cow, the dog and the ciliate Oxytricha to the high-priority list of model organisms that should be considered for ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Treats First Disease Affecting Multiple Organ Systems In A Large Animal
September 10, 2002 For the first time, researchers have successfully used gene therapy to treat a disease that affects organs throughout the body of a large animal. The results will be reported this week on the Web ... > full story -
Multiple Pets May Decrease Children’s Allergy Risk
August 28, 2002 Children raised in a house with two or more dogs or cats during the first year of life may be less likely to develop allergic diseases as compared with children raised without pets, according to a ... > full story -
Dogs Key To Understanding Prostate Cancer
June 13, 2002 Science is going to the dogs -- literally -- to clear up some of the mystery surrounding prostate cancer and how it ... > full story
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