{"id":593,"date":"2012-06-21T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/?p=593"},"modified":"2012-06-21T11:00:27","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T11:00:27","slug":"blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood test for canine lymphoma may also help people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>U.K.-based Petscreen has developed a blood test that detects early stage lymphosarcoma in dogs using biomarkers. The company found the test may also benefit human patients and is developing a similar screening process for people. The test won&#8217;t be available for humans for at least three to five years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Petscreen has already launched a test to diagnose lymphoma in dogs and the\u00a0\u00a0 business, which has won almost \u00a3100,000 of government-backed funding for its\u00a0\u00a0 research, is now developing a simple blood test to determine if a human has\u00a0\u00a0 early-stage lymphoma.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Their test uses biomarkers &#8211; a marker found in blood or urine that changes\u00a0\u00a0 when a certain disease is present &#8211; to detect the cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re looking for are proteins that can be easily detected in a\u00a0\u00a0 non-invasive way, ie just from a simple blood sample which would then\u00a0\u00a0 indicate the presence of a tumour. You want to be able to pick up the tumour\u00a0\u00a0 early, confidently and non-invasively,\u201d said Kevin Slater, Petscreen\u2019s chief\u00a0\u00a0 executive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe holy grail is to try to make these tests specific,\u201d he added. Petscreen\u00a0\u00a0 achieves this, said Dr Slater, by using an algorithm to measure a number of\u00a0\u00a0 different biomarkers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Through their research to develop the canine test, he added that \u201calmost by\u00a0\u00a0 serendipity\u201d, Petscreen discovered that a similar test could be applied in\u00a0\u00a0 humans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tmg-related-links\">\n<div>\n<p>With a \u00a399,000 grant from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), Petscreen last\u00a0\u00a0 month began trialling its method in 100 patients with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Petscreen\u2019s initial trial will take a year and any human test could take three\u00a0\u00a0 to five years to get to market. If successful, it could simplify and speed\u00a0\u00a0 up diagnosis, as well as monitor remission. Currently, lymphoma \u2013 the\u00a0\u00a0 sixth-commonest form of cancer in Britain \u2013 is diagnosed through a biopsy\u00a0\u00a0 and scan.<\/p>\n<p>Petscreen was established in 2004 by Dr Slater, along with Graeme Radcliffe, a\u00a0\u00a0 former journalist, after the pair met at a cricket match.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Slater said the TSB funding will help Petscreen develop a &#8216;proof of\u00a0\u00a0 concept\u2019 and the business will later need further investment or a\u00a0\u00a0 partnership with a major pharmaceutical company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.K.-based Petscreen has developed a blood test that detects early stage lymphosarcoma in dogs using biomarkers. The company found the test may also benefit human patients and is developing a similar screening process for people. The test won&#8217;t be available for humans for at least three to five years. Petscreen has already launched a test [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogs","category-medical-issues"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blood test for canine lymphoma may also help people | The Animal Health Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blood test for canine lymphoma may also help people | The Animal Health Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.K.-based Petscreen has developed a blood test that detects early stage lymphosarcoma in dogs using biomarkers. The company found the test may also benefit human patients and is developing a similar screening process for people. The test won&#8217;t be available for humans for at least three to five years. Petscreen has already launched a test [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Animal Health Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/animalhealthfoundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-06-21T11:00:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Animal Health Foundation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Animal Health Foundation\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Animal Health Foundation\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f475447cd5f132c17522d9188f6fcb9b\"},\"headline\":\"Blood test for canine lymphoma may also help people\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-21T11:00:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/\"},\"wordCount\":358,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Dogs\",\"Medical Issues\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/\",\"name\":\"Blood test for canine lymphoma may also help people | The Animal Health Foundation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-21T11:00:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blood test for canine lymphoma may also help people\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"The Animal Health Foundation\",\"description\":\"Our Blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Animal Health Foundation of California\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Animal Health Foundation of California\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/animalhealthfoundation\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f475447cd5f132c17522d9188f6fcb9b\",\"name\":\"The Animal Health Foundation\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35d2d92234619be7650525ff812317b3c1c8e3d00c51a1bc0e49e7f5ac684f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35d2d92234619be7650525ff812317b3c1c8e3d00c51a1bc0e49e7f5ac684f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35d2d92234619be7650525ff812317b3c1c8e3d00c51a1bc0e49e7f5ac684f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Animal Health Foundation\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/author\/ahfadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blood test for canine lymphoma may also help people | The Animal Health Foundation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blood test for canine lymphoma may also help people | The Animal Health Foundation","og_description":"U.K.-based Petscreen has developed a blood test that detects early stage lymphosarcoma in dogs using biomarkers. The company found the test may also benefit human patients and is developing a similar screening process for people. The test won&#8217;t be available for humans for at least three to five years. Petscreen has already launched a test [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/","og_site_name":"The Animal Health Foundation","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/animalhealthfoundation\/","article_published_time":"2012-06-21T11:00:27+00:00","author":"The Animal Health Foundation","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Animal Health Foundation","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/"},"author":{"name":"The Animal Health Foundation","@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f475447cd5f132c17522d9188f6fcb9b"},"headline":"Blood test for canine lymphoma may also help people","datePublished":"2012-06-21T11:00:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/"},"wordCount":358,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Dogs","Medical Issues"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/","url":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/","name":"Blood test for canine lymphoma may also help people | The Animal Health Foundation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-06-21T11:00:27+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/blood-test-for-canine-lymphoma-may-also-help-people\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blood test for canine lymphoma may also help people"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/","name":"The Animal Health Foundation","description":"Our Blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#organization","name":"Animal Health Foundation of California","url":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Animal Health Foundation of California"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/animalhealthfoundation\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f475447cd5f132c17522d9188f6fcb9b","name":"The Animal Health Foundation","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35d2d92234619be7650525ff812317b3c1c8e3d00c51a1bc0e49e7f5ac684f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35d2d92234619be7650525ff812317b3c1c8e3d00c51a1bc0e49e7f5ac684f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35d2d92234619be7650525ff812317b3c1c8e3d00c51a1bc0e49e7f5ac684f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"The Animal Health Foundation"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org"],"url":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/author\/ahfadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}