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Released: 12-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Reproductive Endocrinologist Introduces Game-Changing Approach to Animal Sterilization
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Imagine if veterinarians could spend more time on healing and less on performing surgeries to remove healthy reproductive organs. What if pig farmers could eliminate the painful practice of manually castrating piglets, reducing both animal suffering and economic loss?

Newswise: Promising Kidney Transplant Solution Taps Expertise of Dr. Jim Lowe
Released: 24-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Promising Kidney Transplant Solution Taps Expertise of Dr. Jim Lowe
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

In August, two U.S. surgical teams announced successful experimental kidney transplant from transgenic pigs into brain-dead human recipients. In both instances, the pig kidneys produced urine, carried out other functions of a kidney, and were not rejected by the body.

Newswise: Preliminary Data Support Novel Immunotherapy for Advanced Malignant Melanoma in Dogs
Released: 24-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Preliminary Data Support Novel Immunotherapy for Advanced Malignant Melanoma in Dogs
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A clinical study of 11 dogs with advanced malignant melanoma demonstrated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability profile of cANK-101, a canine interleukin-12 anchored immunotherapy.

Newswise: Specific interneurons are important in aging-associated cognitive decline, study finds
Released: 28-Sep-2023 2:15 PM EDT
Specific interneurons are important in aging-associated cognitive decline, study finds
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Normal aging is usually associated with a decline in memory, although it is unclear what factors play a role.

Released: 6-Sep-2023 10:55 AM EDT
T-Cells Infiltrate Brain, Cause Respiratory Distress in Condition Affecting the Immunocompromised
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

When an immunocompromised person’s system begins to recover and produce more white blood cells, it’s usually a good thing – unless they develop a potentially deadly inflammatory condition.

Released: 6-Sep-2023 10:25 AM EDT
Third NIH Grant Moves Novel Anti-Diarrheal Vaccine Forward
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Weiping Zhang, professor in the Department of Pathobiology, was recently awarded a five-year, $5.6 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to optimize a promising vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC).



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