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A team of University of Minnesota researchers led by Jessica Lawrence, DVM, DACVIM, DACVR, DECVDI, and Daniel Vallera, PhD, recently received $500,000 from the V Foundation for Cancer Research to investigate the B7-H3 protein’s role in the immune response in canine and human cancer.

A new Summer 2021 Course, (PUBH 7230), The Biology and Ecology of Infectious Prions, will be taught by VBS Assistant Professor, Peter Larsen.

VBS Professor Tim Johnson discusses the evolution of High-Risk E. coli.

In the United States, approximately 12,000 patients present with glioblastoma, a very aggressive brain or spinal cord cancer, each year.

As another touchpoint in a lasting relationship between the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, a team of CVM researchers led by Tiffany Wolf, DVM, PhD, recently received more than $70,000 from project led by Seth Moore, PhD, director of biology and environment at the Grand Portage Band, to continue assisting the tribal nation in investigating moose habitat and population health in a changing climate.

A live recombinant Pichinde virus (PICV) vector vaccine is safe and effective against turkey arthritis reovirus (TARV), according to a recent study led by Sunil Mor, BVSc & AH, MVSc, PhD, and Hinh Ly, PhD. Vaccination may be an effective way to reduce lameness induced by TARV in flocks, but there are currently no commercial TARV vaccines available.

Mild gastrointestinal erosions are more common in dogs treated with anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) over a long period of time than in control dogs with chronic gastrointestinal (GI) disease, according to a recent study led by Tracy Hill, DVM, DACVIM, PhD, DECVIM.

Anna Jaeger, CMB graduate student working in the laboratory of Dr. Matthew Aliota was the recipient of the Institute for Molecular Virology Training Program T32 Fellowship.

Building on previous success, University of Minnesota researchers Maxim Cheeran, BVSC, MVSc, PhD, and Jian-Ping Wang, MS, PhD, are collaborating with Aerosol Devices, Inc. (ADev) in Fort Collins, Colo., to develop a breathalyzer that would detect SARS-CoV-2 directly from exhaled breath.

A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine investigating the transmission of a live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) found that vaccinated pigs can only spread low levels of influenza A to non-vaccinated pigs — through both direct and indirect contact — for up to six days after vaccination.