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    A black squirrel on a tree.

    What’s That? Black squirrels.

    This is …A common question on campus tours is about uncommon residents, the black squirrels. They live …The black squirrels are regularly seen on College Green, scampering between the historic…

    A woman with Red hair holding a tarantula.

    Q&A with Penn Vet’s Karen Verderame

    Verderame, an outreach educator at the School of Veterinary Medicine, discusses her kinship with misunderstood animals, introducing students to veterinary medicine, the black market for insects, her favorite part of…

    Human Lungs

    Identifying a proliferating repairman for tissue in damaged lungs

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

    Ebola

    Research on key host pathways has implications for Ebola and beyond

    Mortality rates from Ebola outbreaks can be as high as 90%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 55 people died in the most recent outbreak in…

    Collaborating on agricultural climate solutions, from plants to animals

    The new Penn Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center brought together faculty speakers from five schools for its Climate Solutions for the Living World symposium.

    What to know about the current avian influenza outbreak

    Louise Moncla and Aliza Simeone of Penn Vet and Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center share helpful information for the public.

    Uncovering a way for pro-B cells to change trajectory

    Researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Perelman School of Medicine have found that YY1 knockout pro-B cells can generate T lineage cells helping B cells produce antibodies.

    Scientific discovery scratching beneath the surface of itchiness

    A collaborative study led by researchers from Penn Vet provides insights into how a species of worms found a way to evade the mammalian urge to scratch an itch.

    An integral T cell pathway helps regulate female gene expression

    Penn Vet researchers have revealed a connection between NF-κB signaling pathways and X chromosome inactivation, which has implications for understanding sex-based immune responses during infection.

    Penn Vet Working Dog Center researchers have identified a field-applicable way to help dogs cool down after exercise

    As the director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, Cynthia Otto sees that, because working dogs are selected for high motivation, their drive can override physiological signs that they’re getting too hot.…

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