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With a protein ‘delivery,’ parasite can suppress its host’s immune response
Fluorescent microscopic image shows Toxoplasma parasite infecting immune cells

The Toxoplasma parasite (in red) doesn’t need to infect an immune cell to alter its behavior, according to new Penn Vet research. Simply being injected with a package of proteins by the parasite (indicated by cells turning green) is enough to change the host cells’ activity. (Video: Courtesy of Hunter laboratory)

With a protein ‘delivery,’ parasite can suppress its host’s immune response

The parasite Toxoplasma gondii need not infect a host immune cell to alter its behavior, according to a new study from the School of Veterinary Medicine.

Katherine Unger Baillie

In partnership with the state, a comprehensive focus on wildlife health
deer standing in snowy field

In partnership with the state, a comprehensive focus on wildlife health

The Pennsylvania Wildlife Futures Program, a collaboration between the School of Veterinary Medicine and the Pennsylvania Game Commission, will leverage Penn Vet’s expertise to address wildlife health problems.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A roadblock for disease-causing parasites
Mosquitoes float in pink liquid in laboratory test tubes

Activating the immune system of mosquitoes prevents the parasite that causes canine heartworm from developing, according to new research from Penn Vet. The same approach also thwarted the parasite responsible for lymphatic filariasis, a disease that affects humans. (Image: Povelones laboratory)

A roadblock for disease-causing parasites

Activating a mosquito’s immune system can prevent it from transmitting the parasites that cause canine heartworm and human lymphatic filariasis, according to new research from the School of Veterinary Medicine.

Katherine Unger Baillie

When Penn Vet offers shots, Philly’s finest, furriest friends show up
Three members of Penn's medical community stand over a cat on an exam table, one person rubs noses with the cat.

Penn Vet student Shannon Hamilton (left), assistant professor Kimberly Slensky (center), and student Nicolle Iacobacci greet a feline friend at Penn Vet’s annual One Health pet vaccination clinic on MLK Day. 

When Penn Vet offers shots, Philly’s finest, furriest friends show up

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital held a free wellness and vaccination clinic for the local community, offering free pet vaccinations and low-cost microchips.

Penn Today Staff

Lending a hand at the Farm Show
farm show calving center

Lending a hand at the Farm Show

At the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the School of Veterinary Medicine showcased its role in sustaining one of the state’s largest industries.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Amazing cows hold promise in pioneering sustainable food systems
closeup of black and white spotted cow

Amazing cows hold promise in pioneering sustainable food systems

Researchers at Penn Vet are discovering that cows and other livestock found in animal agriculture are critical partners in developing sustainable, regenerative agro-food systems.

Penn Today Staff

Eight new pups report for duty
Penn Vet Working Dog Center trainer with puppy on the floor

Urban, a three-month-old black Labrador retriever, trains with Danielle Berger at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. Berger is leading the training for the U litter, composed of Urban and seven of her brothers and sisters, with assistance from interns including (left to right) Charlotte Kronick, Dominique Andrews, Trevor Vidas, and Tesa Stone.

Eight new pups report for duty

Eight black Labrador retrievers, just 12 weeks old, are already deep into their training at the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Working Dog Center.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A new role for a triple-negative breast cancer target
microscope images of a mammary gland duct

A new role for a triple-negative breast cancer target

A team led by Rumela Chakrabarti of the School of Veterinary Medicine has made new discoveries into how a key protein involved in triple-negative breast cancer functions in puberty.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Side Gigs for Good, part two
Person walks a black Labrador retriever puppy along a path from a parking lot

Heather Calvert, executive director of MindCORE, drops off her foster puppy Ugo at the School of Veterinary Medicine's Working Dog Center at Pennovation Works each weekday. She and her family care for the working-dog-in-training during evenings, weekends, and holidays. 

Side Gigs for Good, part two

In a second installment of Side Gigs for Good stories, meet four more Penn employees whose after-work endeavors go above and beyond.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Michele W. Berger