Hello, this is Dr. Karin! Read my introduction to learn more about me and my five funny dogs, Poppy, Bailey, Koda, Ned and Fred.
Cancer – that’s a word we never want to hear, but at least once in our lives almost certainly. In dogs, cancer can take many forms, but our treatment options increase every day thanks to advances made in both humans and veterinarians. Chemotherapy has been around for decades, but I was recently introduced to the team behind a very incredible new technology using artificial intelligence to create individualized treatment protocols for dogs.
Before I can stick to what I’ve learned about this amazing technology, I need to be there in advance about something.
I hate ai
As someone who grew up watching I’m a robot (And reading the book) Battlestar Galactica, Terminator, And, well ai (Spirited robot Haley Joel Osment – trembling!) We are stumped by the fact that it is so happy to welcome AI into our lives. Even if you enter it, you must dispel Gemini offers to summarise or “polish” your work with the same level of stimulation and light da. Careful, I initially thought I was offering to translate my text into “Polish”. Maybe something about my last name? But I’m off track.
As a veterinarian, I worry about how deeply AI is infiltrating information taught to unfair students, and the owners are desperately shared and accessed to find answers online. AI may be able to digest and reflux this kind of information about this kind of command, but it can never replace the nuances of experience or think outside the box.
As a writer, I am frustrated to see talented individuals being taken away by clunky imitations. At this point, I still have a glimpse of Joey friend And his “Moist Auspicious Homo Sapiens with a full-size aortic pump. ”
Artists, photographers, designers and other creatives can’t compete with the vast amount of “nearly” perfect pieces that AI can fire, without worrying about paying for food, clothing, housing, etc., and can’t cut off work.
But when I spoke to Dr. Ilona Holcomb and the Imprimed team, I discovered how they created a new way to defeat cancer that could not be possible without artificial intelligence. Before we go into detail, let’s take a look at a brief summary of how chemotherapy works (I wrote an abstract) None Thank you so much for the help of AI! ).
What is chemotherapy?
Strictly speaking, chemotherapy refers to a treatment that uses potentially harmful chemicals to kill or suppress harmful cells. These cytotoxic chemicals target rapidly dividing cells, and tumoric (cancer) cells are usually the fastest growing cells in the body. The problem with chemotherapy is that it does not distinguish between neoplastic and non-neoplastic cells, so the hair follicles, bone marrow, and mucosa are at the top of the list, allowing other rapidly dividing cells to be targeted as well. This is why hair loss, anemia, immunosuppression, mouth ulcers, vomiting and diarrhea are common in patients undergoing chemotherapy.
In humans, the goal is to completely eradicate cancer, and these side effects are often tolerated, suffered and managed as part of the process. As for our pets, it is cruel for pets to be exposed to such horrifying effects, and we cannot agree to treatment as to why it is happening. Instead, we use drug doses that reach a compromise and thereby have little or no significant side effects, but rarely achieve full treatment. There are cases where cancer is fully eradicated, but it is more common to buy a slightly better month or year with your dog.
Chemotherapy can be used on its own or in combination with other forms of treatment, such as surgery or radiation therapy. It is most commonly used in dogs to treat lymphoma, leukemia, high-grade mast cell tumors, and bladder tumors.
Choice of chemotherapy drugs
Traditionally, samples taken from pets (blood, bone marrow, tissue, or cell samples) are used to make a more specific diagnosis of the type and stage of neoplasms we deal with. Based on this information, treatment protocols are created using chemotherapeutic agents that tend to function against that type of cancer.
This is an exciting place
Relative newcomers in the human and veterinary world, Ripe A diagnostic service that uses artificial intelligence to test tumor cells from individual patients (both human and PET). Your dogcancer.
How does it work?
When dealing with infections, the best way to ensure that we use the best treatment is to implement culture and sensitivity. Because infected cells samples are grown in the lab, they can identify pathogens (bacterial or yeast), and then different antibacterial treatments are applied to see which one is most effective at eradicating pathogens. In this way, we know exactly what we are treating and start with the right antibiotics rather than trying different medicines until we find a working drug.
In a similar, but much more complex way, we pioneered by ripe isolates to identify cancer cells and carry them out via multiple drug combinations to find out which one is best. Furthermore, this technique can detect and predict how different cell lines will emerge, and consider this in therapeutic formulations.
As a result, before you start treatment, your dog’s cancer will respond, respond to the speculation, trial and error, and drug replacements that are common features of traditional chemotherapy, and your dog’s cancer will respond, giving us the chemotherapy protocols we know. This technique typically requires less sampling than forming part of a dog’s chemotherapy treatment. Personalized Prediction Profile of their cancer.
What really stood out to me when talking to Dr. Holcomb was that she was clearly an animal lover and was really interested in making this technology accessible to everyone. The company primarily absorbs most of its research and development costs to provide services at the lowest possible price, and we really hope that we can continue working this way. It’s extremely difficult to find an ethically run biotech company that really prioritizes patient care.
What can’t be done?
This technology sounds incredible, but yes, it’s important to understand that it can’t.
- It’s not a cancer treatment – ripe things will not treat your pet or provide chemotherapy medications. They provide recipes for the medicines that need to be given.
- Chemotherapy protocols created with AI do not necessarily increase the likelihood of treatment. However, these possibilities can only be increased by initiating treatment with the appropriate medication. Furthermore, the use of chemicals that cancer cells are known to be sensitive can allow for lower doses in patients who are highly sensitive to treatment, or higher doses in dogs that are more resilient to increase remission and treatment possibilities.
- Only at this stage Lymphoma in dogs Can test leukemia and lymphoma in cats. However, plans are already underway to extend this to cats and dogs to other common cancers, such as mast cell tumors.
I hate it largely ai
So it seems I’ve found an exception to my rules.
It may not be a golden ticket to end all cancers, but with the help of artificial intelligence, I feel like I’m one step closer. For better or worse, AI is rapidly invading every aspect of our lives. Although contributions to art and literature are not welcome, there is no denying the unparalleled processing and problem-solving ability it exerts.
To be totally honest, if one of my pets is diagnosed with a “big C,” I want to ripen for help.
(No, they didn’t pay me to say that. I’m really impressed with the company!)
This article is part of Dr. Karin’s series with five dogs.
Featured Image Credits: reshetnikov_art, shutterstock
