Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences

Jun 15, 2012

NC State CVM Researcher Investigates Anti-Resistant Pathogens in Swine Herds

Sid Thakur is an expert on the kinds of pathogens that like to make their homes in and around our pig populations. He spends most of his time testing the pigs and their environment, identifying potential dangers such as Campylobacter – a nasty little critter that we definitely don’t want in our food supply, particularly…

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 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…

Jul 7, 2009

CCMTR-led Research Team Seeking Brain Tumor Gene

Pinpointing the genes involved in human brain cancer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and sometimes the needle you find may not be the right one. By comparing human and canine genomes, researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that a gene commonly believed to be involved in meningiomas—tumors that…

Apr 15, 2008

Dr. Breen Published in Journal of Chromosome Research

Cancer researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Minnesota have found that humans and dogs share more than friendship and companionship – they also share the same genetic basis for certain types of cancer. Furthermore, the researchers say that because of the way the genomes have evolved, getting cancer may be inevitable…