Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research

Feb 21, 2012

CVM Researcher Studies Viruses to Protect Heart from Infections

The following originally appeared in Results, a publication of NC State University’s Research, Innovation and Economic Development Program. Humans are born with almost every heart muscle cell they will ever have. Yet the body does not have a barrier to protect the heart similar to the one that blocks pathogens from getting to the brain. Dr. Barbara…

Feb 8, 2012

Chromosomal ‘Breakpoints’ Linked to Canine Cancer May Have Implications for People

Dr. Matthew Breen’s recent research not only helps us understand canine evolution, it may prove beneficial in diagnosing and treating human cancers.  Here’s more information from a NC State news release :     North Carolina State University researchers have uncovered evidence that evolutionary “breakpoints” on canine chromosomes are also associated with canine cancer. Mapping these “fragile”…

Feb 6, 2012

NC State CCMTR Begins Collaboration with Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest’s Baptist Medical Center

A new partnership between North Carolina State University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will make regenerative medical treatments more quickly available to both human and animal patients. NC State’s Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research (CCMTR) and the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest’s Baptist Medical Center are pooling resources in order…

Feb 1, 2012

CVM Cell Biologist Discusses Advances in Respiratory Disease Research in TEDx Presentation

Dr. Kenneth Adler, professor of cell biology at the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine, has spent more than three decades investigating diseases of respiratory airways and the problem of excess mucus production—a condition that ranges from annoying in a cold to deadly in cystic fibrosis. A top-ranked biomedical scientist, Dr. Adler discussed his…

Jan 24, 2012

NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine Joins FDA in Study of Salmonella in dogs, cats

Researchers at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine have joined forces with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to study the prevalence of Salmonella infections in pet dogs and cats. Dr. Siddhartha Thakur, assistant professor in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology and a member of the Center for Comparative Medicine…

Oct 30, 2010

CCMTR Hosts Symposium on Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine

The State of North Carolina is well poised to play a central role in the area of regenerative medicine. Key medical institutions including UNC, Duke, and Wake Forest, coupled with the NC State University’s unique expertise in engineering and veterinary medicine, and the existence of collaborative networks such as the NC State Center for Comparative…

Jul 7, 2009

CCMTR-led Research Team Seeking Brain Tumor Gene

Pinpointing the genes involved in human brain cancer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and sometimes the needle you find may not be the right one. By comparing human and canine genomes, researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that a gene commonly believed to be involved in meningiomas—tumors that…

Apr 15, 2008

Dr. Breen Published in Journal of Chromosome Research

Cancer researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Minnesota have found that humans and dogs share more than friendship and companionship – they also share the same genetic basis for certain types of cancer. Furthermore, the researchers say that because of the way the genomes have evolved, getting cancer may be inevitable…