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Texas A&M Research Collaboration Uses E. Coli Bacteria To Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

Dr. Sarguru Subash A close ‘cousin’ of the dangerous E. coli bacteria may provide the key to new treatments for UTIs, thanks to help from cutting-edge biomedical research. Researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and the College of Engineering are collaborating on a project that uses harmless strains […]

House Officer Highlight: This ‘Biology Detective’ Solves Medical Mysteries in Animal and Human Health

Dr. Jazz Stephens gets animated when talking about her various research studies involving pigs — but don’t call her the “pig lady.” What really excites Stephens, a third-year comparative pathology resident at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, is the opportunity to understand how the porcine immune system functions and how those findings may […]

Is that mouse sick or healthy? Pick a side

Researchers at Cornell are developing a mouse model – called UMos, short for unilateral mosaic – that are designed to have only one side of their body affected by diseases, offering a transformative way to do research on bilateral or pairs of organs, like the lungs for example.

NC State Lands NEH Grant to Decode Old Texts Using DNA

An NC State humanities scholar and university biologists recently received a $250,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to analyze DNA found in parchment manuscripts to uncover new insights into the humanities and encourage partnerships between the humanities and natural sciences.  The team, using non-destructive sampling techniques they recently developed for DNA analysis, […]

Decoy carcasses reveal how often stranded dolphins are found

Better surveillance of marine mammals that wash up on beaches and in marshes will provide more accurate estimates of how many individuals of many species are dying and the causes of those deaths, according to a new study published Sept. 4 in Marine Mammal Science.