The researchers hope the finding will help researchers tailor the drug
for use in human clinical trials.
Similar technology has been
used in human medicine for about 15 years, but in veterinary medicine it's just getting its start.
The cost of excellent veterinary care can be expensive, because we use much of the same equipment, drugs, and materials
used in a human hospital.
This leads the authors to suggest that a lot more work will be required to alter the techniques for
use in human embryos.
This means that these devices have the potential to be
used in the human body in the future in applications such as drug delivery and locating cancer cells.
Long used in human healthcare, laser technology is a proven service with multiple applications.
The equipment used in veterinary dentistry is the exact
equipment used in human dentistry (some tools are modified to fit dog and cat mouths).
In anticipation of the technique's
eventual use in humans, the team is working on an at - home rehab system targeting the upper limbs.
He says it remains to be seen whether the new antibody therapy would be sufficiently safe and cost - effective for such long -
term use in humans.
«This is just proof of principle, and there's a very, very long way to go before we can
start using it in humans,» he adds.
The researchers now plan to tweak the nanoparticles for
direct use in human patients, working to evaluate the safety of the method prior to potential clinical trials.
The implants are made of the same materials
used in human hip replacements so they do not wear out in a dog's or cat's lifetime.
Many of the
recommended uses in humans are controversial, with mixed and generally low - quality, clinical trial evidence for most applications.
Many people are familiar with
acupuncture used in human medicine, but they don't realize that it has amazing applications in our animals too.
Most patients benefit from medical therapy — readily available heart medications of the same
variety used in human patients.
The second, related breakdown was the failure to fully implement the ban on particular infectious cattle parts being
used in human food.
In addition, many of the medications used in pets are similar to those that are
also used in humans.
This is the first study to demonstrate that a gene - editing technique can be
used in human embryos to convert mutant genes back to their normal version, the researchers said.
The drugs were chosen because they were thought to have possible effects against brain tumors and were
already used in humans or were being developed for human use.
However, while the new technology has many applications, it is not expected to be
used in the human body, for now at least.
Indeed, the development of medicines, antibiotics, vaccines and surgical procedures
currently used in human and veterinary medicine would not have been otherwise possible without this research.
Other approaches tested in rats involved using memory - blocking drugs to change memories of past drug use, but these are not approved
for use in humans.
She believes remote monitoring devices
used in human medicine to track markers like blood pressure or heart health will increasingly make their way to the pet world.
We use gas anesthetic agents; dogs and cats are given pre-operative tests depending on their age and condition to qualify them for anesthesia; and patients are monitored while anesthetized both visibly and with similar monitoring devices
as used in human hospitals.
And a daily dose of a double - combination of glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate has been
widely used in humans as well as animals.