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    Identifying a proliferating repairman for tissue in damaged lungs (link is external)

    Penn Vet and Penn Medicine researchers found that endothelial cells lining the veins in lungs contribute to repair of blood vessels after lung injury.

    Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields (link is external)

    Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event.

    Four from Penn awarded Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research (link is external)

    Faculty from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Perelman School of Medicine were honored at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting in New Orleans.

    Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet (link is external)

    The Environmental Innovations Initiative announces a third round of funded research communities to catalyze interdisciplinary research at Penn, investigating issues from regenerative agriculture to project-based learning for global climate justice.

    A veterinarian’s take on vaccine hesitancy (link is external)

    In a conversation with Penn Today, Penn Vet Dean Andrew Hoffman shares his perspective on the important role veterinarians can play in supporting underserved communities.

    Pinpointing how cancer cells turn aggressive (link is external)

    Penn scientists have developed a new method for tracing the lineage and gene expression patterns of metastatic cancer at the single-cell level.

    In paleontology, Peter Dodson is a king begetting kings (link is external)

    Many people go through a dinosaur phase, which may end around age 5. But Peter Dodson, a paleontologist in the School of Veterinary Medicine and School of Arts & Sciences, in his eighth decade,…

    For Improved Profit Margins, the Dairy Doctor is in (link is external)

    For Dr. Joe Bender, what goes on in the environment surrounding an animal is just as important as what’s going on inside of it. As a veterinarian and assistant professor…