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College well represented at annual surgery meeting

The UF College of Veterinary Medicine is always well represented during the Veterinary Orthopedic Society’s annual meeting, but many of our folks play key leadership roles in VOS, not to mention the mentoring they provide to our enthusiastic trainees!   Podium presentations were given by: Three small animal surgery residents, John Hanlon, Logan Scheuermann and […]

Faculty member honored by national surgery group

Dr. Dan Lewis, an eminent scholar, longtime professor and chief of the UF small animal orthopedic surgery service, has received the 2024 Steve Fox Lifetime Achievement Award from the Veterinary Orthopedic Society. Presented Feb. 15 during the group’s annual meeting at Lake Tahoe, this is considered as the most prestigious award of the VOS. The […]

Texas A&M Researchers Find Links Between Human, Canine Brain Tumor Detection Markers

Sharing detection markers means that treatment research has potential benefits for both species. By Courtney Price Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital researchers have discovered that meningiomas — the most common type of brain tumor in humans and dogs — are extremely similar […]

Cruse, Machado chosen as University Faculty Scholars for 2024

Two faculty members with outstanding research accomplishments at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine have been named University Faculty Scholars for 2024. Dr. Glenn Cruse, a mast cell biologist in the college’s Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, and Dr. Gustavo Machado, an infectious disease modeler in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, were among […]

Groundbreaking Transplant at NC State Helps Jumping Horse Stay the Course

In a medical breakthrough, NC State ophthalmologists have successfully completed one of the largest resections and corneal transplants ever reported in a horse, replacing about 60% of the show-jumping animal’s right cornea and then using a novel technique of introducing platelet-rich fibrin, or PRF, proteins onto her eye to encourage healing. Dutch warmblood horse Myra, which […]

Dual-energy harvesting device could power future wireless medical implants

A new wireless charging device developed by Penn State scientists could dramatically improve powering capability for implantable biomedical devices — like pacemakers, insulin pumps and neurostimulators — while still being safe for our bodies, the researchers said.

A growing fetus may lead to preterm labour

The statistics reflect a stark reality: about 15 million babies are born prematurely each year, with preterm birth accounting for 70 per cent of newborn deaths worldwide.