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    Penn Vet Researchers Evaluate a New Device That Could Streamline Vision-Saving Therapies

    Retinal blindness caused by the death of photoreceptors, the light-sensing cells within the retina, affects millions of people worldwide. Novel gene and cell therapies to prevent or rescue vision loss…

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    Penn Vet professor Thomas Parsons and Philadelphia-based tech firm AgriGates receive inaugural state innovation grants

    A professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) who has pioneered a more efficient, humane way to feed mother pigs and a Philadelphia firm that…

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    Penn Vet Announces the Appointment of Two New Members to its Board of Advisors

    The School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Vet) welcomes Michael “Mike” B. Fox, W’73, and Mark Korman as its newest members of the Board of Advisors.  

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    Hope for cell-based retinal repair: Penn Vet study finds key to improving survival of transplanted cells

    Researchers identify metabolic stress as an obstacle to photoreceptor transplantation highlighting a critical window for therapeutic intervention.

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    A New Study from Penn Vet Reveals an Unsung Immune Defender as a Key Guardian of Gut Health and Metabolism

    A pioneering new study published in Nature Microbiology, led by Oriol Sunyer, PhD, and a team of researchers at Penn Vet and the University of New Mexico, have uncovered a…

    Emmie’s Complex Case Takes Curiosity, Collaboration, and Care

    A warmblood named Emmie receives a layered, individualized treatment plan at New Bolton Center for her complex health issues.

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    A Pennsylvania study of deer and ticks at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine could shape public health and safety across the Commonwealth

    Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet), in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, are studying the complex interactions between ticks, pathogens, hosts, and their…

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    Penn Vet Equine Orthopedic Surgeon Awarded Grant For Research to Restore Joint Health in Horses

    The Jacques Jenny Endowed Chair in Orthopedic Surgery and Associate Professor of Large Animal Surgery, Kyla Ortved, DVM, PhD, DACVS, DACVSMR, at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine…

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    A new study from Penn Vet on germ cell gene regulatory networks paves way to determine cause of cryopreservation fertility failures

    A study published in Stem Cell Reports, led by Eoin Whelan, PhD, and Ralph Brinster, VMD, PhD, and a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary…

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    The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Names Amy Durham, Associate Dean for Education

    Andrew M. Hoffman, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM, Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s (Penn) School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has announced the appointment of Amy Durham, MS,…

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