The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is doing groundbreaking work related to cancer in animals – and researchers there are hoping that their findings might also lead to improved ...

Learn how cats and humans can share key cancer mutations — and why those similarities could guide future treatment research.

One of the most intriguing findings was for cat breast cancers, more than half of which showed a mutation in a gene called ...

The first study of multiple cancer types in cats has identified genetic changes that could help treat the condition in humans and animals. By analyzing different types of tumors from almost 500 pet ...

It seemed deeply unfair that in this era of precision medicine, where targeted therapies are the treatment of choice for cancer in humans, they didn’t exist for cats,’ says the senior author of the st ...

Elephants, giraffes, pythons and other large species have higher cancer rates than smaller ones like mice, bats, and frogs, a new study has shown, overturning a 45-year-old belief about cancer in the ...

Imagine owning a home the scale of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Beyond the headache of cleaning 250 rooms, you'd likely wage a constant battle with faulty plumbing, electricity, ...

All animal experiments were performed on mice and zebrafish that were either bred or genetically modified to quickly develop cancer. Would this same effect be expected in wild-type animals? Would the ...

Cancer is a sad fact of life, as nearly 40 percent of people are diagnosed with it at some point in their lives. But humans aren’t alone in this. Many different species can also develop the ...

If you throw a huge party, there’s more of a chance of problems than if you host a quiet get-together for a couple of friends. The logic is simple: Having more people around means more opportunities ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A major U.S. study found animal protein isn’t harmful to long-term health and may even lower cancer mortality risk. (CREDIT: ...