Penn Vet News
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Biomarkers Help Crack the Code on Saving More Equine Lives
In both animals and humans, biomarkers can signal that something has gone awry. For clinicians, they are valuable tools – once they are identified.
Penn Vet Scientists Earn National Honors for Breakthrough Research in Virology and Cancer Innovation
Louise Moncla, PhD, receives Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award; Timour Baslan, PhD, named 2026 Damon Runyon–Rachleff Innovation Award recipient
Penn Today News
Advancing veterinary medicine through interdisciplinary research (link is external)
For many, veterinary school is the gateway to a clearly defined career — diagnosing and treating animals in a clinical setting. But for Amanda Watkins, that journey took an unexpected…
Sniffing out cancer: Trained dogs can detect hemangiosarcoma by scent (link is external)
Penn Vet’s Cynthia M. Otto and Clara Wilson and colleagues show that trained dogs can identify the odor of hemangiosarcoma, a devastating canine cancer, offering the hope of a better…
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.
In the Media
Bellwether Features
Unboxing a Pioneer’s Legacy
Born in 1919, Jane Hinton, V’49, came of age when opportunities for women in science and medicine were scarce — and for Black women, nearly nonexistent. expertise in poultry and…
A Love of Animals and the Land
The Penn Vet of Dean Snyder, V’54, was a very different place than today. So was the world.
Comforting Philanthropy
At Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital, world-class clinical care is matched with deep compassion for animals and the people who love them.
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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