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    Dogs

    An mri of a tumor in a dog

    One Tiny Dog’s Outsized Contribution to Brain Surgery

    Geddy Lee has lived a big life for a little dog. As a puppy, the tiny terrier mix was abandoned in Mississippi during a high-speed car chase. Rescued by law…

    Study shows promise for iNKT cell platform to treat cancer (link is external)

    Researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Perelman School of Medicine have shown that invariant natural killer T cells from a healthy donor can persist in MHC-mismatched canines, demonstrating…

    Glowing dye may aid in eliminating cancer (link is external)

    “Clean margins” are a goal of cancer excision surgery. If even a small piece of cancerous tissue is left behind, it increases the likelihood of a local recurrence and spread…