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Feb 6, 2012

NC State CCMTR Begins Collaboration with Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest’s Baptist Medical Center

A new partnership between North Carolina State University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will make regenerative medical treatments more quickly available to both human and animal patients. NC State’s Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research (CCMTR) and the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest’s Baptist Medical Center are pooling resources in order…

Feb 3, 2012

Down on the Farm at NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine

[section_title][/section_title]   The physical availability of various food animals for future veterinarians to work with and learn from is a challenge for most urban veterinary colleges. Students at NC State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, however, are fortunate with their immediate access to large and small ruminants, poultry, swine, and horses through the CVM’s on-campus…

Feb 3, 2012

Down on the Farm at NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine

The physical availability of various food animals for future veterinarians to work with and learn from is a challenge for most urban veterinary colleges. Students at NC State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, however, are fortunate with their immediate access to large and small ruminants, poultry, swine, and horses through the CVM’s on-campus Teaching Animal…

Feb 2, 2012

Transforming Companion Animal Care at NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine

The Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center.   Philanthropist Randall B. Terry, Jr. had a vision of a spacious and welcoming veterinary medical center that would be a national model of excellence. The goal was to ensure compassionate and leading-edge specialty health care for companion animals by surrounding a dedicated staff with…

Feb 1, 2012

CVM Cell Biologist Discusses Advances in Respiratory Disease Research in TEDx Presentation

Dr. Kenneth Adler, professor of cell biology at the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine, has spent more than three decades investigating diseases of respiratory airways and the problem of excess mucus production—a condition that ranges from annoying in a cold to deadly in cystic fibrosis. A top-ranked biomedical scientist, Dr. Adler discussed his…

Jan 31, 2012

February: National Dental Health Month for Pets

February is National Pet Dental Health Month and owners are reminded that a pet’s bad breath could signify a potentially serious dental or oral disease that could pose a health risk to the animal’s internal organs. The American Veterinary Dental Society (AVDS), in fact, reports that 80% of dogs and 70% of cats have some…

Jan 31, 2012

Dr. Adler Discusses Respiratory Disease Research in TEDx Presentation

Dr. Kenneth Adler, professor of cell biology at the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine, has spent more than three decades investigating diseases of respiratory airways and the problem of excess mucus production—a condition that ranges from annoying in a cold to deadly in cystic fibrosis. A top-ranked biomedical scientist, Dr. Adler discussed his…

Jan 30, 2012

Cyrano Back Home After Surgery at NC State University

Cyrano, a cancer-surviving 10-year-old cat, is back home in Upperville, Va. following the success of a total knee replacement surgery — the first-of-its-kind for a feline — at North Carolina State University’s Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center. Cyrano was standing on his leg within a day of the operation but will need to…

Jan 30, 2012

Cyrano Back Home After Surgery at NC State University

Cyrano, a cancer-surviving 10-year-old cat, is back home in Upperville, Va. following the success of a total knee replacement surgery — the first-of-its-kind for a feline — at North Carolina State University’s Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center. Cyrano was briefly standing on his leg within a day of the operation but will need…

Jan 27, 2012

Cyrano Resting After Surgery at NC State University

Cyrano, the cat who made history as the first feline with a true osseointegrated total knee replacement implant, is resting comfortably in the Intensive Care Unit of the Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center at North Carolina State University. Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little, professor of orthopedics at the NC State College of Veterinary…