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    Internationally Recognized Parasitologist from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine Named 2027 Recipient of Molecular Parasitology Award

    Boris Striepen, PhD, has received the 2026 Molecular Parasitology Award for his research on Cryptosporidium parvum, which causes the zoonotic disease cryptosporidiosis.

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    A Legacy Born at Ground Zero

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

    In a pig barn, a worker in a red shirt and blue overalls walks among several large pigs in a straw-filled pen while another person in a purple shirt throws a bale of hay into the pen.

    Penn Vet’s Swine Teaching and Research Center Celebrates 25 Years of Inspiring Careers and Creating Positive Change

    Twenty-five years ago, the Center’s founders set out to build the barn of the future. Today, it has exceeded their wildest dreams.

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    Behind the Breakthroughs: Lauren Powell

    From shelter adoptions to animal welfare, Lauren Powell is building the evidence behind one of our most meaningful relationships: our pets.

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    New Penn Vet Research Moves Science Closer to a Solution to Male Infertility

    In a breakthrough that could bring scientists closer to a solution to male infertility, a team of Penn Vet researchers have found a way to take cells such as skin…

    A mosquito on a green leaf.

    Community Science Reveals Lasting Impacts of West Nile Virus on Pennsylvania Bird Populations

    A new study out of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine suggests that West Nile virus (WNV) has had impacts on one in five Pennsylvania bird species, demonstrating…

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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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    What a ‘silenced’ chromosome can tell us about autoimmunity

    Two studies led by Penn Vet’s Montserrat Anguera examine the process of X chromosome inactivation in immune cells, paving the way to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying…

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    New frontiers in nipping cancer in the bud

    Julie C. Ellis, wildlife ecologist and leader of the Accessing Urban Nature Initiative (AUNI), displays some of the project's new findings at its recent summit meeting.

    Foxes, Coyotes and Deer – Oh My! Penn Vet’s AUNI Wants You to Meet Your Neighbors

    Images of some of the city’s least seen, but most remarkable residents were the headliners at the recent first summit meeting of Penn Vet’s Accessing Urban Nature Initiative (AUNI). The…

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