Dogs Could Be a Diabetic's Best Friend
... Study aims to prove anecdotes that canines can smell dangerous drops in blood sugar levels ... over the blood sugar levels of diabetics. canines have already shown themselves capable of leading ... detect low glucose levels. But exactly what the canines notice when a person experiences a blood sugar ...America's #1 Companion Gets Respect: The CATalyst 2009 Top 10 Cat-Friendly Cities
... Veterinary Medical Association's 2007 U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook, the number of cats owned (81.7 million) outnumbers that of canines (72 million) by nearly 10 million among the pet-owning public. In addition to the rise in cat population, the AVMA reported cat visits to the ...Dogs Help in Hunt for New Cancer Drugs
... Research with canines may one day lead to new therapies to benefit humans MONDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Joe Bauer got the call on a Friday afternoon. ...National Disaster Search Dog Foundation Plans New Training Facility in Santa Paula, California
... highly trained canine disaster search teams in the nation. The organization recruits rescued dogs and partners them with firefighters, providing the canines and the training at no cost to their departments. SDF receives no government funding, and relies solely on support from individuals, private ...Aflac Announces Title Sponsorship of Outdoor Games
... contests throughout the United States. The dog competitions will include champion Agility Dog demonstrations, and a "DockDogs" event in which canines leap from a platform across a pool of water. Both the barbeque contest and DockDogs will have open competitions for local residents. "This is a ...Alzheimer's vaccine clears plaque but has little effect on learning and memory impairment
... complimentary treatments must be developed to address the complexity of the disease." Head and colleagues studied for a two-year period in aging canines the effect of a vaccine that is currently under clinical development for treating patients with Alzheimer's disease. The vaccine contains the ...Is Your Dog a Canine-stein or a Bonehead?
... canine comprehension. Dogs ranking in the lower percentile are categorized as 'boneheads' or 'a few kibbles shy of a full bowl,' while overachieving canines are honored with 'valedogtorian.' After completion of the Canine Aptitude Test, each pet owner is provided not only their pet's ranking, but also ...Gene Therapy Awakens the Brain Despite Blindness from Birth
... a blindness causing eye-retinal disorder in humans called Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). When the researchers performed gene therapy on canines by introducing a working copy of RPE65 into their retina, the eye functions were restored in them. However, it was unclear whether the brains of the ...Dogs, humans, put heads together to find cure for brain cancer
... contains the needle, and not spend time and resources on the other 98 percent." Breen also noticed that the other chromosome involved for canines that suffer from meningioma is dog chromosome 17, which correlates with part of human chromosome 1. Defects of this chromosome are involved in almost ...NC State researchers find soy may aid in treating canine cancers
... available form of genistein called GCP was effective in killing canine lymphoid cells in a laboratory setting, and that GCP is "bioavailable" in canines - meaning it is absorbed into the bloodstream where it can affect cancer cells in the body. The researchers hope that their findings will lead to the ...Purdue research finds similarities in dog, human breast cancer pre-malignant lesions
... including Sulma Mohammed have found similarities between benign lesions that are considered to carry risk for developing breast cancer in both canines and humans. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. "Dogs develop these lesions spontaneously in contrast to other ...Bats prey on nocturnally migrating songbirds
... Actually, the newly uncovered danger comes from the deep black sky, in the form of a 45 cm wing-spanned aerial-hawking mammal, equipped with sharp canines and an efficient radar system which remains probably largely inaudible to songbirds. In 2001, Carlos Ibáñez and his colleagues at the Doñana ...Scientists say sabercat bit like a pussycat
... In public imagination, the sabre-toothed cat Smilodon ranks alongside Tyrannosaurus rex as the ultimate killing machine. Powerfully built, with upper canines like knives, Smilodon was a fearsome predator of Ice-Age America's lost giants. For more than 150 years, scientists have debated how this iconic ...Beagle Serum from Innovative Research
Description:... Beagle Serum • Beagle serum is collected from fasted Beagle canines of mixed sex over one year of age Available Anticoagulants: N-02: Citrate N-04: Heparin (Na) N-06: K2EDTA N-08: Potassium Oxalate N-10: ...Dog Serum Non-Sterile Trace-Hemolyzed from Pel-Freez Biologicals
Description:... Whole blood is collected from canines (any breed, either sex), refrigerated within 6 hours, processed within 24 hours and frozen at ....