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    Behind the Breakthroughs: Matthew Atherton

    Using a cancer patient’s own T cells, Matthew Atherton is developing immune therapies for veterinary use.

    Five people wearing hard hats with headlamps and uniforms kneel on the ground with four dogs. The group is at Ground Zero of the attacks on 9/11.

    A Legacy Born at Ground Zero

    A look back at Penn Vet Working Dog Center’s origin and growth.

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    Penn Vet Names Shaun Rowe Executive Director of Ryan Hospital

    The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has appointed Shaun Rowe, MPAS, MBA, as Executive Director of Ryan Hospital.

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    Penn Vet Gene Therapy Study Advances Another Potential Treatment for Rare Inherited Blinding Disease into Human Clinical Trial

    Vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) and the Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations at the Perelman School of Medicine have taken an important…

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    Penn Vet Researchers Map How a Common Blinding Disease Progresses in Dogs and Humans

    Long-term imaging study reveals a reproducible pattern of retinal degeneration offering new insight for diagnosis, care, and therapy development

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    Pet First Aid Training Comes to the Rescue for a Penn Vet Student and Her Dog

    One day last fall, Alison Kowalski, V’26, and her best canine friend, Kona, were enjoying a great game of fetch in a field near where they live. Kona was having…

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    Penn Vet Researchers Uncover a Shared Cellular Stress Signal that May Drive Vision Loss in Retinitis Pigmentosa

    Study finds buildup of unusual RNA-DNA loops in degenerating photoreceptors, pointing to a shared molecular stress pathway across distinct genetic forms of inherited blindness.

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    Annual Penn Vet Clinic Delivers Preventive Care to Hundreds of Philadelphia Pets

    The Ryan Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) hosted the 16th annual Dog and Cat Wellness and Vaccination Clinic on the Martin Luther King,…

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    Newly Identified Gene Deletion in Standard Poodles Sheds Light on Severe Vision Disorder

    Inherited retinal diseases form a broad and complex group of genetic conditions that cause progressive vision loss and blindness. Dogs, like humans, are susceptible to many such disorders. Because of…

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    Vision Scientists at Penn Vet Launch DogAEye, a Novel AI-Based Tool To Improve Early Diagnosis of Retinal Degeneration in Dogs

    Veterinary ophthalmologists and vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) have announced the release of DogAEye, an innovative artificial intelligence (AI)–based clinical decision support…

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