Study develops ways to test cognitive decline in ageing dogs

It may be a truism that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, though there will be exceptions. But can you at least help an old dog remember old tricks? Dr Evan MacLean and his team at the Arizona Cognition Center, part of the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine, have been working on ways to address this aspect of old age in dogs. In a major advance for canine cognitive research, they...

Largest preventive canine cancer vaccine trial ends

Calviri, Inc., a company spun out of Arizona State University and based in the Phoenix Bioscience Core, has announced the successful conclusion of the Vaccine Against Canine Cancer Study on May 4, a five-year clinical trial investigating a novel preventive cancer vaccine in dogs. This multi-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, the largest of its kind in veterinary oncology, represents a significant milestone in the fight against canine cancer, the company said in a press release. Attempts...