Newsweek

Cats' Tumors Less Useful Than Dogs' For Cancer Research

"There definitely are people out there that care about cats with cancer.”
Turkish Van cats eat in their dining room at the Van Cat Research Center on February 8, 2018 in Van, Turkey. Cats aren't used as often to create mouse models of cancer research; these cats are part of a research project to protect their breed from dying out.
white cats turkey research

It’s nothing personal, cat people. But feline tumors aren’t used nearly as often as those in dogs to study human cancer, Purdue University’s Dr. Christopher Fulkerson

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Newsweek

Newsweek1 min readPolitical Ideologies
Polls Panic
A soldier guards electoral kits on April 10 ahead of Ecuador’s referendum. Voters go to the polls on April 21 in a bid to reform the constitution and tackle security issues as the country struggles to control organized crime. Mexico has called for Ec
Newsweek4 min read
Penn & Kim Holderness
Newsweek _ What made you want to write this book? Penn Holderness _ You write the book you need. I knew that I needed to write this book when I saw that raising a family added a new level of difficulty to my brain being able to handle multiple tasks
Newsweek1 min read
The Archives
“Fewer than 14 percent of AIDS victims have survived more than three years after being diagnosed, and no victim has recovered fully,” Newsweek reported during the epidemic. AIDS, caused by severe HIV, has no official cure. However, today’s treatment

Related Books & Audiobooks