Why Dogs Now Play a Big Role in Human Cancer Research

WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More

• Episode: Why Dogs Now Play a Big Role in Human Cancer Research
• Website: WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More
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• Duration: 00:07:05
• Published: 2019-07-15 22:31

The Cancer Moonshot initiative, launched under the Obama administration, was audacious by design: Supercharge cancer research to encourage innovation, with the mission “to end to cancer as we know it.” Cancer researchers avoid using the word “cure.” From studying cancer at the molecular level, they know that tumors are complex—even personalized. There’s no simple cancer and no single cure. So, no single destination for a “moonshot.