One Health, Infinite Possibilities: Scott-Ritchey Research Center
Perhaps no other area of the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine embodies the One Health concept quite as effectively as the Scott-Ritchey Research Center, a state-of-the-art, interdepartmental and interdisciplinary molecular medicine research program focused on next-generation therapies to treat and even cure diseases in both humans and animals. The center’s mission is to conduct groundbreaking basic and translational research to improve the health of companion animals and to facilitate their application.
ONE HEALTH AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL
Scott-Ritchey researchers seek to understand genetic mutations. They are also testing and developing gene-based therapies for inherited metabolic brain diseases similar to Tay-Sachs, as well as therapies for dementia, rabies and cancer.
A NEW APPROACH TO CANCER TREATMENT
Gene therapy holds great potential as a delivery system for improved treatments for commonly occurring cancers such as osteosarcoma, mammary tumors and lymphoma. Scott-Ritchey researchers are working to identify ways gene therapies may even allow the tailoring of treatments to the unique characteristics of individual tumors.
A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT
Scott-Ritchey scientists are conducting research and collaborating with other faculty across the College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University and institutions worldwide on projects focused on companion animal health.
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