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Are there other examples of innovations flowing from veterinary medicine to human medicine?

by aitchnyu 2y ago

victorbjorklund 2y ago
malaria parasite discovered when researching cattle disease.
Qem 2y ago
Euthanasia.
JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> other examples of innovations flowing from veterinary medicine to human medicine “As microbial and genetic discoveries were made, pathogenesis studies were required to integrate the new knowledge into useful clinical advances. Those advances include a creative model of enteric bacterial disease (Moon), demonstration of the transmissibility and pathogenesis of scrapie, a proposal that human kuru was a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (Hadlow), and the isolation of bovine leukemia virus (Miller) and bovine immunosuppressive retroviruses (Van Der Maaten)—5 years before AIDS and HIV appeared. Now modern molecular and genetic sciences and their applications in integrative, whole-animal biology make possible exciting advances for the benefit of both animals and people” [1]. (Counterfactual: “major methodological limitations of the animal research and evidence of widespread publication bias” limit translatability [2].) [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22905/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22905/ [2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2746847/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2746847/
goda90 2y ago
Dog cancer is considered pretty similar to human cancer and sometimes treatment trials are done in dogs after they are done in mice and before they are done in humans.
casenmgreen 2y ago
I don't know, but if you find your dog is now immortal at the human equivalent of 25 and you're getting old and grey, everything hurts, and the babes don't look at you any more, you're probably going to want something to get done about it, pronto.
- senkora 2y ago
  Relevant SMBC: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/jimmy https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/jimmy

Are there other examples of innovations flowing from veterinary medicine to human medicine?

victorbjorklund 2y ago

malaria parasite discovered when researching cattle disease.

Qem 2y ago

Euthanasia.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago

> other examples of innovations flowing from veterinary medicine to human medicine “As microbial and genetic discoveries were made, pathogenesis studies were required to integrate the new knowledge into useful clinical advances. Those advances include a creative model of enteric bacterial disease (Moon), demonstration of the transmissibility and pathogenesis of scrapie, a proposal that human kuru was a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (Hadlow), and the isolation of bovine leukemia virus (Miller) and bovine immunosuppressive retroviruses (Van Der Maaten)—5 years before AIDS and HIV appeared. Now modern molecular and genetic sciences and their applications in integrative, whole-animal biology make possible exciting advances for the benefit of both animals and people” [1]. (Counterfactual: “major methodological limitations of the animal research and evidence of widespread publication bias” limit translatability [2].) [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22905/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22905/ [2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2746847/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2746847/

goda90 2y ago

Dog cancer is considered pretty similar to human cancer and sometimes treatment trials are done in dogs after they are done in mice and before they are done in humans.

casenmgreen 2y ago

I don't know, but if you find your dog is now immortal at the human equivalent of 25 and you're getting old and grey, everything hurts, and the babes don't look at you any more, you're probably going to want something to get done about it, pronto.

senkora 2y ago
Relevant SMBC: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/jimmy https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/jimmy