Three sites—Colorado State University, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of California, Davis—plan to inoculate 800 middle-aged dogs for Johnston’s new study.
Driver Jay Howard’s car is sporting a green-and-black paint scheme, with the familiar Rams’ head Colorado State University logo prominently displayed on the front and along both sides. It’s part of a sponsorship deal, arranged and paid for by an anonymous donor, to promote the university’s One Cure project for cancer research
CSU researcher Jesse Wilson is accelerating research to improve imaging and detection of melanoma, and his Young Investigator Award from the Melanoma Research Alliance will open the door to partnering with the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to test new imaging applications on canine patients.
The National Cancer Institute runs a network of 24 academic research institutes, including Tufts’, across the country to share information from comparative clinical trials. There are comparative clinical trial programs at Tufts, Penn, Ohio State, Colorado State University, and the University of California at Davis, among others.
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Dogs within 150 miles of the University of California-Davis, Colorado State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison may participate, said Douglas Thamm, a veterinary oncologist at CSU who will lead the study.
Dr. Steven Dow, professor of immunology and director of the Center for Immune and Regenerative Medicine at CSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will present the Collegiate Peaks Forum Series Lecture “Stem Cell Therapy Today: Separating Reality from Hype” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, at the Buena Vista Community Center.
Maggie will travel to Fort Collins for the surgery, and veterinarians will also take a biopsy to confirm that the cancer is osteosarcoma. If it is, Maggie's case will become part of a clinical trial at Colorado State University that is exploring the use of immunotherapy in dogs with this type of cancer.
One Cure is a project led by the Flint Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University. The One Cure program is founded on the principle that cancer affects all creatures and that treatment breakthroughs come through collaboration between scientists and doctors working with people and animals.