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NC State Neurologist Adapts Human Laser Therapy for Use in Dogs with Brain Cancer

veterinary medicine

Dec 23, 2025

Year in Review: NC State College of Veterinary Medicine 2025

From the discovery of the first drug to successfully treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats to the award of a $5.5 million NIH grant to contribute to the nationwide opioid addiction fight, 2025 has been a life-changing year for the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, its people and its community. Our leadership in the veterinary…
Dr. Chris Mariani in blue scrubs and purple gloves kneels behind a white dog and examines him.

Nov 5, 2025

NC State Neurologist Adapts Human Laser Therapy for Use in Dogs with Brain Cancer

A complicated, years-long project led by an NC State professor of veterinary neurology and neurosurgery and a former Duke University professor of neurosurgery has opened a pathway for more advanced brain cancer research and treatment for both humans and dogs.  For the first time, Dr. Christopher Mariani and his team successfully employed laser interstitial thermal…