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    Research Area

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    A Pennsylvania study of deer and ticks at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine could shape public health and safety across the Commonwealth

    Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet), in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, are studying the complex interactions between ticks, pathogens, hosts, and their…

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    Improving T-cell responses to vaccines (link is external)

    Penn Vet and Penn Medicine researchers have modified mRNA vaccines to include the cytokine IL-12 and improve T-cell responses which could improve the body’s ability to fight infections.

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    Penn Vet Equine Orthopedic Surgeon Awarded Grant For Research to Restore Joint Health in Horses

    Faculty In This Story Funding from Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation seeks to establish a new class of injectable compounds to improve equine joint strength and slow worsening osteoarthritis The Jacques…

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    A new study from Penn Vet on germ cell gene regulatory networks paves way to determine cause of cryopreservation fertility failures

    A study published in Stem Cell Reports, led by Eoin Whelan, PhD, and Ralph Brinster, VMD, PhD, and a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary…

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    New tools to treat retinal degenerations at advanced stages of disease (link is external)

    A collaborative team of researchers led by vision scientists at the School of Veterinary Medicine have developed novel promoters that drive strong and specific gene expression in rod and cone…

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    New Study Identifies Promising Inhibitor Combination for Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Subtypes

    Faculty In This Story Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences M. Andrés Blanco, PhD, from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) and investigators from the Universities of…

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    New genetic cause of blindness in dogs (link is external)

    In collaboration with a foundation that breeds service dogs for the visually impaired, researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Padova…

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    University of Pennsylvania Avian Influenza Experts Provide Briefing to Pennsylvania Policy Makers

    As concerns about the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak continue to grow, experts from the University’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) and Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) visited…

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    In the Office with Igor Brodsky, PhD

    In his Philadelphia-based lab, Igor Brodsky is on a mission to understand how the body recognizes and responds to invading organisms that cause several diseases.

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