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    Answers to microbiome mysteries in the gills of rainbow trout (link is external)

    While many immunologists use mouse models to conduct their research, J. Oriol Sunyer of Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine has made transformational scientific insights using a very different creature: rainbow…

    Treatment in a FLASH (link is external)

    Radiation therapy to treat cancer can be grueling, requiring consecutive days of therapy over days or weeks. “When you talk to patients about coming in for 35 treatments, or seven…

    A roadblock for disease-causing parasites (link is external)

    The threadlike parasite Dirofilaria immitis causes the debilitating canine heartworm disease. A related parasite, Brugia malayi, infects humans and is one of the parasites responsible for lymphatic filariasis, a neglected…

    Taking on wildlife disease (link is external)

    When wildlife biologist Matthew Schnupp began his career, the emphasis was on conserving habitat. “The paradigm of wildlife management for the last 20 years has been habitat management,” he says,…

    What we do and don’t know about the novel coronavirus (link is external)

    Until a month ago, it’s possible to never have heard of coronavirus, despite the fact that science has known about this family of seven viruses since the 1960s. Four are common, causing mild…

    With a protein ‘delivery,’ parasite can suppress its host’s immune response (link is external)

    Toxoplasma gondii is best known as the parasite that may lurk in a cat’s litter box. Nearly a third of the world’s population is believed to live with a chronic…

    Fingerprints of an invisible, restricted horse racing therapy (link is external)

    A treatment called extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is used in patients both human and equine to speed healing of injured tendons and ligaments. Using high-pressure sonic waves, ESWT is thought…

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