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AHS & TGen’s Innovative Study: Valley Fever in Dogs
News Highlights:
- First goal is to register 10,000 dogs in TGen’s Valley Fever P.A.W.S. study. Register your dog today: tgen.org/vfpaws
- TGEN and the Arizona Humane Society are teaming up on a study of Valley Fever in dogs.
- Valley Fever also affects people and the study could lead to research on humans.
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3TV’s Pets on Parade
One of Arizona’s premier medical-research groups would like a bit of your dog’s drool. TGen, the Translational Genomics Research Institute, is conducting a study of the molecular underpinnings of the fungus that causes valley fever in dogs as a possible precursor to studying the illness in humans. The Phoenix research group recently teamed up with the Arizona Humane Society to promote the study and garner more canine saliva samples.
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