Swine Viral Disease Conference Celebrates Industry Leaders, Students
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSwine Viral Disease Conference Celebrates Industry Leaders, Students
Swine Viral Disease Conference Celebrates Industry Leaders, Students
Imagine if veterinarians could spend more time on healing and less on performing surgeries to remove healthy reproductive organs. What if pig farmers could eliminate the painful practice of manually castrating piglets, reducing both animal suffering and economic loss?
Clinical Trials for Canine Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Congenital Heart Disease in Companion Animals
In August, two U.S. surgical teams announced successful experimental kidney transplant from transgenic pigs into brain-dead human recipients. In both instances, the pig kidneys produced urine, carried out other functions of a kidney, and were not rejected by the body.
A clinical study of 11 dogs with advanced malignant melanoma demonstrated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability profile of cANK-101, a canine interleukin-12 anchored immunotherapy.
Normal aging is usually associated with a decline in memory, although it is unclear what factors play a role.
When an immunocompromised person’s system begins to recover and produce more white blood cells, it’s usually a good thing – unless they develop a potentially deadly inflammatory condition.
Dr. Weiping Zhang, professor in the Department of Pathobiology, was recently awarded a five-year, $5.6 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to optimize a promising vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC).