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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Rescue Dog in Training to Find Trapped People
Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine is mentioned as the founder of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center.
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Pet-less Trump Seen as Classless for Report He Called Pence 'Low-class' for Having Pets
James Serpell of the School of Veterinary Medicine comments on pet ownership and class.
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Video: America Needs More Bomb-sniffing Dogs Raised in Our Own Country to Keep Us Safe
Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine says, “Challenges faced when relying on importation of dogs from foreign sources stem from a lack of control over factors that could impact the success and stability of these dogs.”
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Scientists Call for Research on Medical Pot for Pets
Michael DiGregorio of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted about researching the effects of CBDs, a non-psychoactive component of marijuana, on dogs with osteoarthritis and pruritis.
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Penn Senior Unlocking Genetic Secrets of Heartworm-resistant Mosquitoes
Undergraduate Barbara Biney of the School of Arts and Sciences is featured for spending her summer working in a Penn Vet lab researching why certain mosquitoes are susceptible to heartworm while others resist it.
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Video: For Aspiring Vets, Jobs Are Aplenty — Demand Set to Rise 18 Percent in 10 Years
Dean Joan Hendricks and fourth-year student Brianna Parsons of the School of Veterinary Medicine talk about the career options aspiring veterinarians have in the future.
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Penn Researchers: Targeting Enzyme Could Slow Spreading in Deadly Cancer
Ellen Puré of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted about leading a study that found a potential treatment method that could slow pancreatic cancer’s onset and progression.
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Pete the Parrot Is Getting a Prosthetic Foot. Then He Has to Learn to Live With It.
La’Toya Latney and Jonathan Wood of the School of Veterinary Medicine are quoted about a parrot receiving a prosthetic foot and how he will cope with it.
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Leftover Painkillers Driving Opioid Crisis, Penn Researcher Says
Peggy Compton of the School of Nursing and Elliot V. Hersh of the School of Dental Medicine are quoted about participating in a panel discussion about the opioid crisis, along with Kyle Kampman of the Perelman School of Medicine, Mary Robinson of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Jeffrey Saven of the School of Arts & Sciences.
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Dogs' Immune Systems Are Much Like Ours and That's a Boon to Cancer Research
Ellen Puré of the School of Veterinary Medicine comments on how cancer immunotherapy clinical trials that include dogs can help advance research in humans.