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How dogs are teaching researchers new tricks for treating cancer

Studying lymphoma in canines yields insight into therapies for people — with a bonus of helping the animals.
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Canine lymphoma is remarkably similar to the human disease. Credit: Cultura/Shutterstock

In 2003, newly minted MD Kristy Richards was preparing to move to Houston, Texas, to start a fellowship in oncology. At a friend’s wedding, she got talking with a fellow guest from Houston, a veterinarian who treated dogs with cancer.

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Nature 563, S50-S51 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07365-2

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Lymphoma, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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