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Hattie the French bulldog

‘A perfect storm’

Cross-hospital collaboration helps a young French bulldog overcome a barrage of severe gastrointestinal problems that nearly turned deadly

DVM students Tess Schaefer (left) and Madison Baumgartner hold newly hatched baby sea turtles.

Care beyond borders

CVM group joins an international volunteer effort in Mazunte, Mexico, that seeks to save sea turtles by keeping community dog populations in check

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Newly funded: Blocking COVID-19's viral entry

Human pulmonary epithelial cells, which serve many important functions in human lungs, express two key enzymes, ACE2 and TMPRSS2, that help SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, enter human p

A view of a lake in Grand Portage, Minnesota

Researchers measure contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic systems

A team of researchers recently set out to measure the presence of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) — chemicals that are materializing in our environment and were previously unknown, unrecognized, or unregulated — in areas where the Grand Portage Band fishes for subsistence.

A coronavirus is depicted in a 3D colorful image. The virus is orange and green against a blue background.

UMN researchers advance on tackling the novel coronavirus

Researchers from the University of Minnesota, led by Professor Fang Li, PhD, in the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (VBS) at the College of Veterinary Medicine, recently broke new ground in understanding how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, binds to its human receptor.