Animal Research Minute – Could new research help both dogs and people living with spinal cord injuries?
Well, according to USA Today, pet owners have enrolled their dogs with spinal cord injuries in new experimental studies to see if a revolutionary treatment could help their injured pets. The treatment is a series of shots and scientists are hopefully it could make these dogs better, and then one day help people too. This animal research is a win-win situation that has the potential to improve the lives of these dogs and the quarter of a million people in the U.S. who are living with spinal cord injuries.