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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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    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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    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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    A Penn Vet Study Seeks to Prevent the Spread of a Deadly Virus to Pennsylvania’s Wild and Domestic Rabbits and Hares

    Faculty In This Story Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus type 2 is a terrible way for any animal to die, especially creatures as gentle as these. Highly contagious and lethal, it…

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    Penn Vet Faculty Awarded State Agricultural Research Grants in Multiple Areas

    In recognition of leadership in agriculture, health and the environment, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has been awarded several newly announced state agricultural research grants.

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    Penn Vet’s Dean Andrew Hoffman Highlights Vaccination, Veterinary Support in Fight Against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

    As Pennsylvania confronts its largest avian influenza outbreak in years, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s (Penn Vet) Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine, Andrew M. Hoffman,…

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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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    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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