Tim Mousseau

Tim Mousseau

Mar 05, 2023

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March 3, 2023 marks the date of our first published report on our Dogs of Chernobyl Research Initiative, in Science Advances:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade2537

This first paper has been covered extensively in the media including the New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/science/chernobyl-dogs-dna.html?unlocked_article_code=CvFFr8K3R0wW71pyyBaOqFhbLTkQR9fFPaLlQYzy-VSbS6onkgB4NARzqyIsAAuC3FvppVp-75tbupyA00ATm2ccAqDtnU9d-uJkSx_PrzuipM9x3ao5G7Ctibg1idYYenuswnD9nIweBUDwnvyG7WRaIJDEv6btz4ToVdFFJFqzppL75YxlTtS7_2b21h7T2bx452Tw6xsEHnypocY6AFPPFb8WTybutBnBxF7biMzav7oaYFqQa1Bfv8Axne-ij4uYfCJ7G-T0ZvBzJRmPpTsLiIYn40zADCzDadAj3CVAERV4JJF0K5YicUVvf66jFdF-NN8ZBudGuEg&smid=url-share


And the article by AP has been extensively republished in many newspapers: https://apnews.com/article/dogs-chernobyl-nuclear-accident-genetics-f36bfae17b541bd6c3fba2b4abc0b0c6


Many thanks to our supporters (including the University of South Carolina Office of Research) who helped us to get this one going!


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About This Project

The Chernobyl disaster site has hundreds of feral dogs that are in need of care. A team of students from the University of South Carolina will work with an international team of veterinarians and animal welfare groups (CFF+) to gather scientific information concerning the health of these dogs in relation to radiation exposure. The team will spend three weeks in June, 2018, at the Chernobyl animal clinic in Ukraine gathering DNA and other measures of animal health.

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