May 20, 2010
A team led by researchers from North Carolina State University has developed two new approaches for incorporating antimicrobial properties into microneedles—vanishingly thin needles that hold great promise for use in portable medical devices. Researchers expect the findings to spur development of new medical applications using microneedles. Microneedles cause less pain, tissue damage and skin inflammation…
May 8, 2010
May 4, 2010
A researcher in North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine has discovered that bacteria transmitted by fleas–and potentially ticks–can be passed to human babies by the mother, causing chronic infections and raising the possibility of bacterially induced birth defects. Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt, professor of internal medicine in the Department of Clinical Sciences and director…
Gigi Davidson, Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services with North Carolina State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, has been elected to the United States Pharmacopeia Council of Experts as chair of Pharmacy Compounding for 2010-2015. United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is a scientific, standards-setting organization that advances public health through standards and related programs that help ensure the…
May 3, 2010
The Comparative Pain Research Laboratory at NC State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital is recruiting feline patients with osteoarthritis for an eight week trial of a nutritional supplement. Participants will wear an activity monitor on their collar to help evaluate efficacy of the supplement. Costs associated with the study– examinations, blood work, urinalysis, radiographs (if needed), and…
Apr 23, 2010
Dr. Jay Levine, North Carolina State University professor of epidemiology and public health, is the recipient of the C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Award presented by the NC State Office of Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development as part of organization’s annual “Celebrating the Engaged University” recognition program. Dr. Levine earned the award for his leadership efforts…
“The College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University: A Personal Perspective of its Founding,”by founding Dean Terrence M. Curtin is available from the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation. In the 351-page book, Dean Curtin offers a first-person view on the "who, what, how, and why" on the effort to secure approval and funding to…
Apr 13, 2010
North Carolina State University faculty member Dr. Peter Farin of the College of Veterinary Medicine is the 2010 president of the International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS). Dr. Farin, an Associate Professor of Ruminant Health and Production Medicine, Theriogenology in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, assumed his responsibilities at the global organization’s 36th Annual…
