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From an NC State Ruminant Research Project, Hannah Dion Reports

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Mike Sano working at his lab bench.

Jun 20, 2024

Powering Breakthroughs at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Mike Sano is harnessing the power of electricity to target and destroy inoperable cancer in a therapy that eliminated 80% of tumors in a recent clinical trial with horses.

Jun 19, 2024

The Pathogenesis of Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA)

Principle Investigator Erika Gruber Description NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine is looking for IMHA patients for a blood sample study. The purpose of this project is to investigate whether a key pathway that inhibits phagocytosis (cell ingestion) contributes to IMHA pathogenesis. CD47 (“don’t eat me” signal) is a marker of “self” that negatively…
Laura Nelson

Jun 18, 2024

CVM’s Associate Dean and Director of Academic Affairs Laura Nelson Named Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Policy

“It has been an incredible honor and privilege to work with Dr. Nelson for the past several years in her role as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs,” Dr. Kate Meurs, dean of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, wrote in a campus email Tuesday.
Dr. Josh Stern will lead research at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine

Jun 14, 2024

NC State Associate Dean Honored for Career Achievements in Feline Research

Dr. Joshua Stern has received the 2024 American Veterinary Medical Foundation’s Career Achievement in Feline Research Award. 
Mitsu accepts an award.

Jun 14, 2024

CVM’s Mitsu Suyemoto receives 2024 Award for Excellence

NC State honored the 12 universitywide winners of the Award for Excellence at a June 4 ceremony. Among them was Mitsu Suyemoto, a research specialist in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology.
A graphic featuring five photos in colorful circular frames overlaid on a rainbow background. The photos are two women smiling with tie-dyed shirts, two dogs wearing tie-dyed bandanas, a Pride flag on a display board for the Pride Student Veterinary Medical Community, and three people tie-dyeing at one of the club's events.

Jun 14, 2024

Lifting Up LGBTQ+ Identities: A Q&A with the President-Elect of NC State’s Pride Student Veterinary Medical Community

The College of Veterinary Medicine’s Pride Student VMC provides a space for all students to connect and raise awareness of LGBTQ+ representation within the veterinary profession.
A male veterinary student smiles at two of his mentors, who are looking at slides in a pathology lab.

Jun 12, 2024

Equine Colic, Coastal Microplastics and So Much More: Summer Research Program Sees Record Participation and New Projects

The College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Scholars Program offers DVM students with little lab experience a paid opportunity to pursue their research interests under faculty mentorship.

Jun 7, 2024

Bartonella DNA Found in Blood of Patients With Psychosis

Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder are three times more likely to have Bartonella DNA in their blood than adults without these disorders.
baby hold mother's thumb

Jun 6, 2024

Study Sheds Light on Bacteria Associated With Pre-Term Birth

New findings add to the emerging picture of Gardnerella’s effect on human health.
Hannah Dion

Jun 6, 2024

From an NC State Ruminant Research Project, Hannah Dion Reports

Because  internal parasitism is leading to a large number of anemic goats in the southeastern United States, hospitals throughout the area are performing blood transfusions frequently to treat the issue. Clinicians can either give fresh goat blood as a transfusion or store it as refrigerated whole blood or packed red blood cells. Storing blood is…