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    Penn Vet’s Nicola Mason, BVetMed, PhD, DACVIM, FRCVS, Receives Penn Center for Innovation’s Inventor of the Year Award

    The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) congratulates Dr. Nicky Mason, the Paul A. James and Charles A. Gilmore Endowed Chair Professor and Professor of Medicine…

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    Identifying genes that keep cancer from spreading (link is external)

    Using a novel approach, Penn Vet’s Chris Lengner and M. Andrés Blanco and colleagues have identified two genes that suppress colorectal cancer metastasis.

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    Wild birds are driving the current U.S. bird flu outbreak (link is external)

    Since late 2021, a panzootic, or “a pandemic in animals,” of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild birds, agriculture, and mammals.

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    Behind the Breakthroughs: Amy Johnson

    Balancing clinical care with scientific inquiry, Penn Vet’s Amy Johnson leads efforts to decode the complexities of neurologic diseases in horses

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    In the Office with Donna Kelly, DVM, MASCP, DACPV, DACVPM

    Donna Kelly, DVM, MASCP, DACPV, DACVPM, shares her New Bolton Center office with the campus’s microbiology reference library.

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    Penn Vet’s Wildlife Futures Seek to Unravel the Mystery of the Disappearing Barn Owl

    Penn Vet’s Wildlife Futures Program and the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) have been engaged in a collaborative effort to identify the causes of these owls’ decline and any actions that…

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    Penn Vet’s Annual Research Retreat Calls for the Power of Synergy in Challenging Times

    Noting the challenges ahead, but celebrating the many breakthroughs at hand, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) community gathered for their 31st annual Research Retreat held…

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    Dogs with cancer are helping save lives—both canine and human (link is external)

    The Comparative Immunotherapy Program led by Penn Vet’s Nicola Mason is redefining how therapies are developed and tested—uniting human and veterinary medicine to move promising immunotherapies forward.

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    Behind the Breakthroughs: J. Oriol Sunyer

    J. Oriol Sunyer explores how studying the evolution of the immune system reveals surprising connections between fish and human immunity, and what these discoveries could mean for the development of…

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    From $500 Craigslist Castoff to Surprise Champion, Penn Vet’s Equine Assisted Reproduction Program Helps Create a Legacy

    Fylicia Barr was a horse crazy kid with not much money but high hopes. Sunny was a wild young mare with no training – just a load of sass and…

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