Hope for a cure lies in continued support for research: establishing a solid partnership between leading cancer specialists and scientists, funding agencies and the general public, as well as pet owners and their veterinarians, to meet the research challenge and transform how we care for those affected by the disease.

It is from that hope that plans are taking shape at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) to create a Canadian first: the Institute for Comparative Cancer Investigation (ICCI). And OVC Pet Trust is taking the lead in helping bring those plans to life.

"The University of Guelph and OVC are on the cusp of a tremendous opportunity to take an integrated approach to cancer studies in ways that researchers, working solely in a human health environment, cannot," says Dr. Brenda Coomber, a cancer researcher in the Department of Biomedical Sciences.

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