Resources

Fact Sheets & Websites

• Thank a Dog
• Why are dogs an essential part of biomedical research?
• Animals Used in Research: Dog
• Animalresearch.info – Dog
• Veterans Affairs (VA) Canine Research
• AMP Dogs in Research FAQ
• Dogs in Medical Research
• Morris Foundation – Our Work with Dogs

News Stories

• Beagles are in the news after decades as key players in medical research
• Clinical Trial Tests Universal Vaccine Against Canine Cancer
• Researchers find link between human and canine brain tumor detection markers
• Purdue researchers edge closer to delivering personalized medicine to cancer patients
• Cultivating research on cancer in dogs, from clinical trials down to the molecular level
• How Dogs Led the Way to Earli’s First Human Clinical Trials
• Dogs may hold key to treating cancer in humans
• How dogs could help us explore our own gut health

Peer-Reviewed Publications, Studies, Reports

• Necessity, Use, and Care of Laboratory Dogs at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• What Kinds of Dogs Are Used in Clinical and Experimental Research?
• Canine models of human rare disorders
• Links between human, canine brain tumors
• NCI-funded Canine Immunotherapy Clinical Trials
• First, do no harm: the role of preclinical animal models in predicting adverse events in gene therapy clinical trials for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and X-Linked myotubular myopathy

Videos

• Research on dogs’ genes will provide answers about human diseases
• Why dogs are used in medical testing, research in Massachusetts
• From Dog DNA to Human Diseases
• Love Care Progress: Research Involving Dogs