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THANK YOU TO ALL WHO RENEWED YOUR RHF MEMBERSHIP!
View the updated membership list  *  Membership Renewal/Application Form

2011 HEALTH CONFERENCE

NEW Our thanks to Dr. Tommy Caisango who attended the Canine Health Foundation Conference in RHF's behalf.  View Dr. Tommy's report of the conference.

registry additions

MEMORIAL REGISTRY ADDITIONS:

research funding updates

Final Report on CHF-632: MicroRNAs and Canine Lymphoma (Dr. William C Kisseberth, DVM, PhD)

Progress Report on CHF-768: A Collaborative Study by Veterinary Oncologists, Pathologists and Diagnostic Laboratories to Enhance the Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment of Canine Lymphoma (Dr. Ted Valli, DVM)

Final Report on CHF-613:  The Prognostic Significance of Chromosome Aneuploidy in Canine Lymphoma (Dr. Matthew Breen, PhD)

Final Report on CHF-615-B:  Heritable and Sporadic Genetic Lesions in Canine Lymphoma (Dr. Matthew Breen, PhD)

Progress Report on 01503-A: Rational Development of Targeted Therapy - Aurora Kinase Inhibition in Osteosarcoma (Dr. Jaime Modiano, VMD PhD)

OSTEOSARCOMA RESEARCH

If you are considering participation in the cancer research done by the Modiano Lab, please review these forms:

  1. The samples we need

  2. UMN Genetics of Cancer Informed Consent

Participating in the cancer mapping projects:  Visit the Modiano Lab for updated information on how you and your dog can participate in ongoing cancer studies:  http://modianolab.org/studyInfo/studyInfo_index.shtml  Investigators are enrolling all purebred dogs that fall into any of the following categories:

  1. Have been diagnosed with OSA

  2. Over eight years old and without cancer

  3. Have other types of cancer/hereditary diseases (see the comprehensive list at Dog DNA)

    Researchers need 5ml (=1 teaspoon) of blood in a purple top tube (EDTA tube). The sample can be mailed in at room temperature, as long as it arrives within a week from the time it was taken. A consent form signed by the owner must be sent in with the sample. The consent form can be found at Dog DNA along with more detailed instructions. You can also contact the investigators by e-mail dog-info@broadinstitute.org. If you are also able to donate a sample from your dog's tumor in addition to the blood please contact the Modiano lab at the University of Minnesota by emailing Mitzi Lewellen, call the lab (612-626-6890), or email the website contact lab@modianolab.org. All samples sent to Dr. Modiano's lab will be shared with the Broad Institute and with Dr. Matthew Breen's laboratory at North Carolina State University.

    All the information regarding your dog is kept strictly confidential, and the genetic disposition of any dog will never be made public.

To view our latest funded research - please visit the funded research page

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