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"This is a great quest and we are proud to be a part of it. We owe it to our four-legged friends, and at the same time, the technologies we are developing may also help cancer patients." -R. Scott Struthers, PhD, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Michelson Grant Recipient
PRESS RELEASE - Prize Philanthropy Program Exceeds $10 Million in Funding, Furthering Goal to End Shelter Animal Euthanasia
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CANINE CHRONICLE - Reducing Animal Overpopulation

Numbers are regularly tossed around like pennies into a fountain as to the quantity of dogs and cats entering US shelters each year. As claimed by the World Society for the Protection of Animals there are 6 to 8 million dogs and cats that enter shelters in the United States.

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LOS ANGELES TIMES - Scientific Research Increasingly Fueled by Prize Money

Prize sponsors, like those in centuries past, say that offering financial incentives gets new people thinking about old problems.

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PRESS RELEASE - Graduate Students Earn $15,000 Awards for Innovative Solutions to Pet Sterilization
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DOGSTER - Foundation Offers Massive Prize for Technique that Might Render Spays and Neuters Unnecessary

Anyone who has ever used treats or praise to train a canine companion knows that dogs respond to incentives. I’m sure you’re aware from your own experience that humans do, too.

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HSUS ANIMAL SHELTERING - Million-Dollar Ideas

Michelson Prize and Grants program spurs research into nonsurgical spay/neuter.

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VET STREET - The $75 Million Dollar Question: How to Spay or Neuter Without Surgery

Let’s say there was a way for you to spay your cat without subjecting her to surgery. Would you do it? Would you neuter your dog via pill or injection?

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THE DAILY PROGRESS - UVa Researcher Vying for $25M Sterilization Prize

John Herr spends every day thinking about and working toward finding a non-surgical method to sterilize dogs and cats. He has good reason to — there’s a $25 million prize at stake.

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JAVMA NEWS - Millions Awarded in Search for Nonsurgical Sterilant

The search for a nonsurgical sterilant for dogs and cats has been fueled by more than $6 million in research grants since 2008 when a $25 million prize was offered to the first person to successfully develop a method of chemically castrating pets.

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THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE - Drugmaker Works to Sterilize Pets Without Surgery

On the surface, ovarian cancer drug developer Crinetics Pharmaceuticals and the Found Animals Foundation seem to have little in common.

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