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Canine Transplants
Bone Marrow
transplants performed in a research setting for about 20 ScienceDaily — Dogs suffering from lymphoma will be years, but it’s never been feasible as a able to receive the same type of medical treatment as their human counterparts, as North Carolina State Uni- standard therapy until now.” versity becomes the first university in the nation to offer Canine lymphoma is one of the most common types of cancer in dogs, but the survival rate with current canine bone marrow transplants in a clinical setting. treatments is extremely low. Peripheral blood stem cell NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, received transplantation, in conjunction with chemotherapy, three leukophoresis machines donated by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Leukophoresis machines are has raised human survival rates considerably, and it is designed to harvest healthy stem cells from cancer pa- hoped that dogs will see the same benefits. tients. The machines are used in conjunction with drug “We know that dogs who have received bone marrow therapy to harvest stem cells that have left the patient’s transplants have a cure rate of at least 30 percent versus about 0 to 2 percent for dogs who don’t receive the bone marrow and entered the bloodstream. transplants, ” Suter adds. “The process The harvested cancer-free cells are then reintroduced painless for dogs - the into the patient after total body radiation is used to kill itself is only thing they lose is a residual cancer cells left in the body. This treatment is bit of body heat while called peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. the cells are The machines, once used for human patients, are being suitable for canine use without modification, as bone harvested.” marrow therapy protocols for people were originally Office: 508.369.6889 developed using dogs. EMAIL: ONEWOMENSPLACE@COMCAST.NET “It’s not a new technology, it’s just a new application of an existing technology,” Suter says. “Doctors have been treating human patients with bone marrow transplantation for many years, and there have been canine patient
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