School of Veterinary Medicine

Patients who are critically ill, be they dog, cat or human, have a tendency toward blood clotting disorders. When the formation of a clot takes too long, it puts them at risk of uncontrolled bleeding. But the other extreme is also dangerous; if blood clots too readily and a clot travels to the lungs, brain or heart, it can lead to organ failure or even death.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・May 19, 2016

A doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania has identified a new species of fossil dog. The specimen, found in Maryland, would have roamed the coast of eastern North America approximately 12 million years ago, at a time when massive sharks like megalodon swam in the oceans.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・May 11, 2016

The human placenta is an organ unlike any other. During the course of nine months it is formed by the embryo, sustains life and then is shed.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・May 9, 2016

Three graduate students from the University of Pennsylvania have been selected as Medical Research Fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Stephen Graff ・May 5, 2016

Atopic dermatitis, or AD, a chronic inflammatory skin condition and the most common form of eczema, is estimated to afflict as much as 10 percent of the population in the United States, and it is much more common now than it was 50 years ago. Veterinary clinical estimates also show that approximately 10 percent of dogs have atopic dermatitis.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Katie Delach ・May 4, 2016

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology has recognized the University of Pennsylvania’s William Beltran with the ARVO Foundation’s 2016 

Katherine Unger Baillie ・May 2, 2016

Possessing two X chromosomes is a double-edged sword, immunologically speaking. Females are better at fighting off infection than males, but they are also more susceptible to many autoimmune conditions, such as lupus.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・March 21, 2016

Until relatively recently, the dogma in neuroscience was that neurons, including the eye’s photoreceptor cells, rods and cones, do not regenerate. This is the reason that nerve damage is thought to be so grave. More recent studies have poked holes in this belief by showing that, in some vertebrate species, neurons can be stimulated to divide.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・March 18, 2016

What can a scattering of dead pigeons mean for human health? Sometimes, a lot.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・March 11, 2016

Oriol Sunyer, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, has described fish as “an open gut swimming.” Their mucosal surfaces — their skin, digestive tract and gills — are in constant con

Katherine Unger Baillie ・February 17, 2016