Sharing UF grant support of $340,000, UF scientists are teaming up with experts at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute to target cancer’s biological mysteries and seek potential drug leads for many cancer types. Projects underway address cancers caused by viruses, plus leukemia, breast, lung, skin, bone, head, neck, colorectal cancers and more.
When man’s best friend develops cancer, veterinarians often use human medications to treat them, because dogs and humans share deep biological similarities. This creates an opportunity for both species to help each other, through comparative studies, said Elizabeth Maxwell, DVM, a surgical oncologist at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville.
Maxwell has teamed up with the robotic drug discovery group at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology on studies of the aggressive skin cancer melanoma, and a type of bone cancer that’s rare in humans, but more common in dogs, called osteosarcoma.
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