BBC News reports that scientists are turning to dog DNA to help them find cures for cancer. Last summer, scientists completed the Dog Genome. Since then, they haved used information from the genome to track down genes that cause cancer in both humans and dogs.

Bone cancer, skin cancer, and lymphoma are among the many types of cancers that are similar in humans and dogs, and therefore using the dog genome can help humans and dogs. The dog genome also make tracking down cancer genes easier because breeders have selected dogs for specific, homogenous features, so that each dog breed has very little diversity in its genes.