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    Penn Vet’s Next Gen Biomedical Scientists Present Their Research at the Annual Veterinary Scholars Symposium

    Two dozen budding Penn Vet scientists presented a rich array of ambitious biomedical research projects at the annual Veterinary Scholars Symposium held last month in Spokane, Washington. 

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    A New Penn Vet Clinic Brings Support and Hope for Dogs with Retinal Disease

    Zoey the cockapoo greeted life with tail-wagging joy. A mass of tawny curls, she loved everyone, and they loved her back.

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    Penn Vet’s Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases Hosts Second Annual Research Retreat

    The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Veterinary Medicine’s (Penn Vet) Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases (IIZD) hosted its annual Faculty Research Retreat on September 3 at the Brandywine…

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    Breakthrough Discovery Reveals How Connection Between Mitochondrial Vulnerability and Neurovasculature Function Impacts Neuropsychiatric Disease

    Research from University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia suggests that repurposing a cholesterol drug may benefit 22qDS patients with neuropsychiatric disease

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    Researchers Advance mRNA Delivery to the Retina Using Stabilized Lipid Carriers

    Efficient delivery of synthetic mRNA to the retina remains one of the key hurdles in developing mRNA-based treatments for vision loss.

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    A New Penn Vet Study Aims to Shed Light on Honeybees’ Foraging Habits, with an Eye Toward Aiding their Survival

    A new study recently underway at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s (Penn Vet) New Bolton Center, led by Associate Professor of Epidemiology Laurel Redding, aims to shed…

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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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    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…

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    Keeping food safe and animals healthy (link is external)

    A strain of the H5N1 virus—best known for causing avian influenza—was detected in U.S. dairy cattle for the first time in March 2024. It has since spread to more than…

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