Australian entrepreneur Paul Cuningham has developed a personalized cancer vaccine for his dog Rosie with the help of artificial intelligence tools, including ChatGPT. The case is being described as the first known attempt to create an individualized mRNA cancer vaccine for a dog. Reports Rozetked.me.
Rosie was diagnosed with an aggressive form of skin cancer after standard treatments failed to stop the disease. Cuningham sent her DNA for genomic testing and then used AI tools to study the genetic data and identify mutations linked to the tumors.
He also turned to AlphaFold to examine how those mutations affected proteins and to look for possible therapy targets. The findings were then shared with the UNSW RNA Institute in Australia, where researchers used the data to produce a custom mRNA vaccine for Rosie.
After the dog received immunotherapy, one of her largest tumors reportedly shrank by nearly half. Her overall condition also improved, and scientists are now preparing a second version of the treatment aimed at the remaining tumors.
Researchers say the experiment could point to new ways of treating cancer in both animals and humans in the future. While the approach is still highly experimental, the early result has drawn attention to how AI may speed up the creation of personalized medicine.
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