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Feb 23, 2012

NC State Researcher Tracks Cellular Mechanisms that Lead to Pulmonary Fibrosis

The following originally appeared in Results, a publication of NC State University’s Research, Innovation and Economic Development Program.  As a marathon runner, Dr. Phil Sannes knows the value of strong, healthy lungs. As a professor in the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine and a researcher with the   Center for Comparative Medicine and…

Feb 22, 2012

NC State’s Centennial Biomedical Campus Developing Biomedical Research Partnerships

North Carolina State University’s Centennial Biomedical Campus (CBC) is bringing academia, government, and industry together to research and develop biomedical applications for animals and humans. An extension of NC State’s original Centennial Campus concept, the CBC is home to the nation’s third-ranked College of Veterinary Medicine and the Veterinary Health Complex, which includes among its centers, programs, and facilities: the Randall…

Feb 22, 2012

Centennial Biomedical Campus Developing Biomedical Research Partnerships

North Carolina State University’s Centennial Biomedical Campus (CBC) is bringing academia, government, and industry together to research and develop biomedical applications for animals and humans. An extension of NC State’s original Centennial Campus concept, the CBC is home to the nation’s third-ranked College of Veterinary Medicine and the Veterinary Health Complex, which includes among its centers, programs, and facilities:  the Randall…

Feb 21, 2012

CVM Researcher Studies Viruses to Protect Heart from Infections

The following originally appeared in Results, a publication of NC State University’s Research, Innovation and Economic Development Program. Humans are born with almost every heart muscle cell they will ever have. Yet the body does not have a barrier to protect the heart similar to the one that blocks pathogens from getting to the brain. Dr. Barbara…

Feb 21, 2012

CVM Student Receives AAAP Foundation Scholarship Award

Sarah Tilley, a third-year student at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of an American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) Foundation Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. The AAAP Foundation Scholarship Program is available to students interested in a career in poultry health or food science who are pursuing a…

Feb 20, 2012

NC State University CVM Performs Allogenic Canine Bone Marrow Transplant

The following is from a presentation on the North Carolina State University webpage. Chip and Zeke are brothers. So when Zeke was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), Chip was the natural choice to donate cells for his brother’s bone marrow transplant. The catch? Chip and Zeke are Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, and have different owners.…

Feb 20, 2012

CVM Performs Allogenic Canine Bone Marrow Transplant

Chip and Zeke are brothers. So when Zeke was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), Chip was the natural choice to donate cells for his brother’s bone marrow transplant. The catch? Chip and Zeke are Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, and have different owners. Chip and Zeke were reunited – and their owners met for the…

Feb 20, 2012

One Medicine: On the Path to Improved Cancer Diagnosis

  By Matthew Breen, Professor of Genomics The application of genomics to canine biomedical research has resulted in significant advances as we strive to enhance the health and welfare of our companions. Over the past 10 years we have recruited tumor tissues and blood samples from hundreds of dogs presenting with a variety of common…

Feb 17, 2012

Our State Magazine Features Terry Center and its Animal Artwork

 The March issue of Our State magazine has a special feature on the Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center and its donated animal artwork. More than 80 photographs and paintings of dogs and cats by noted artists grace the walls of the public spaces of the 110,000-square-foot medical center, one of the…

Feb 17, 2012

Jane Lewis Seaks Distinguished Professorship

By Terry G. Seaks Pet owners who have seen their beloved animal saved from death by superb doctors at the College of Veterinary Medicine will immediately understand why my wife and I have long supported the CVM. Three times we have brought seriously ill animals to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and seen them restored to…