Saving dogs with spinal cord injuries
Dogs with spinal cord injuries may soon benefit from an experimental drug being tested by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences — work that they hope will one day help people with similar injuries.
Funded through a three-year, $750,000 grant from the US Department of Defense, the drug to mitigate damage has already proven effective in mice at UCSF. Now the Texas team will test how it works in previously injured short-legged, long torso breeds of dog like dachshunds, beagles and corgis, who often suffer injuries when a disk in their back spontaneously ruptures, damaging the underlying spinal cord.
Source: http://www.jpost.com....aspx?id=254768
What I found interesting above was the source of the funding.
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Saving Dogs With Spinal Cord Injuries
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Posted 25 January 2012 - 01:54 PM
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The DOD is traditionally the greatest source of new technology, and with recent history of war injuries this does not surprise me, especially noting the "previously injured" guideline.
Sad that the DOD is under such pressure, same as in the UK and Europe.
A lot of great tech is going to be left in neglected files of computers and forgotten when the developers retire.
The DOD is traditionally the greatest source of new technology, and with recent history of war injuries this does not surprise me, especially noting the "previously injured" guideline.
Sad that the DOD is under such pressure, same as in the UK and Europe.
A lot of great tech is going to be left in neglected files of computers and forgotten when the developers retire.
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Posted 25 January 2012 - 05:02 PM
Tetracyclone, on 25 January 2012 - 01:54 PM, said:
Boss-
The DOD is traditionally the greatest source of new technology, and with recent history of war injuries this does not surprise me, especially noting the "previously injured" guideline.
Sad that the DOD is under such pressure, same as in the UK and Europe.
A lot of great tech is going to be left in neglected files of computers and forgotten when the developers retire.
The DOD is traditionally the greatest source of new technology, and with recent history of war injuries this does not surprise me, especially noting the "previously injured" guideline.
Sad that the DOD is under such pressure, same as in the UK and Europe.
A lot of great tech is going to be left in neglected files of computers and forgotten when the developers retire.
This was my thought that DOD funding was used as so many soldiers end up with Spinal Injuries. (Plus many other injuries)
I wonder if advancement in prosthetics is driven/lead by DOD too? I'll let someone else research that! lol
My Welsh Springer Spaniel "slipped a disc" a while ago. My vet said that similar to ourselves it is just getting up wrong that can sometimes do it!
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