Jackie (Xiting) Lin
Helping Man and His Best Friend Together Comparative oncology is the study of naturally occurring cancer in animals. Mike and Lois Writel support comparative oncology because it gave their dog a chance to live longer. There are specific genes related to cancer, which means some species are more susceptible to cancer than others; dogs fall in the former. Thus, dogs are potential models, and they share much of our genetic material. Mice are less preferred because their cancer is homogenous so one drug can kill all the tumor cells. A type of cancer is lymphoma, which develops in the lymph system (1). Another cancer, common in animals, is hemangiosarcomas. It begins in the blood vessels’ cells, and spreads to organs such as
Helping Man and His Best Friend Together Comparative oncology is the study of naturally occurring cancer in animals. Mike and Lois Writel support comparative oncology because it gave their dog a chance to live longer. There are specific genes related to cancer, which means some species are more susceptible to cancer than others; dogs fall in the former. Thus, dogs are potential models, and they share much of our genetic material. Mice are less preferred because their cancer is homogenous so one drug can kill all the tumor cells. A type of cancer is lymphoma, which develops in the lymph system (1). Another cancer, common in animals, is hemangiosarcomas. It begins in the blood vessels’ cells, and spreads to organs such as