Dr. Berens plans to use the puppies and dogs for toxicity testing in cancer treatments. He also plans to market the dogs and puppies for toxicity testing and to provide the dogs and puppies as canine glioma models to other laboratories wishing to use them in cancer research. P regnant female beagles and their unborn and maturing puppies. Earlier in this project, Dr. Berens' also used greyhound dogs. G lial cells are small cells that surround the neurons in the brain.
Neurons do the work of conducting information and controlling our bodies.
Glia protect and nourish the neurons. Sometimes the genetic coding goes wrong in glial cells and a brain tumor develops. This tumor is called a glioma. The most malignant and deadly glioma is an astrocytoma. Astrocytomas are highly malignant brain tumors in humans and in other animals that grow rapidly destroying cells in the brain.