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From The Love of One Little Dog: Advanced First Aid Clinic For The Hunting Dog

Shehryar JoyiaDecember 2, 2024

Dr. Elisa Mazzaferro, staff criticalist with Cornell University Veterinary Specialists and adjunct associate clinical professor of emergency-critical care at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, recently presented an advanced...

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Chemical replacement of TNT explosive more harmful to plants, study shows

Shehryar JoyiaDecember 1, 2024

The increased use of a chemical compound to replace TNT in explosive devices has a damaging and long lasting effect on plants, new research has shown. In recent years, TNT...

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Gene flow in giraffes and what it means for their conservation

Shehryar JoyiaDecember 1, 2024

Giraffes are a beautiful and powerful example of what adaptive evolution can achieve. However, in recent years they have attained notoriety for a completely different reason: it has been suggested...

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Scientists develop new biocontainment method for industrial organisms

Shehryar JoyiaDecember 1, 2024

Researchers in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) at The University of Manchester have developed a new biocontainment method for limiting the escape of genetically engineered organisms used in industrial...

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An innovative antibiotic for drug-resistant bacteria

Shehryar JoyiaNovember 22, 2024

Antibacterial drugs are important for treating infections. But increasingly, bacterial resistance to current drugs -- so they don't work well, or even at all -- means new ones are urgently...

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Probiotic delivers anticancer drug to the gut

Shehryar JoyiaNovember 21, 2024

Immunotherapy is a promising treatment that recruits the immune system to help fight cancer, but it has had limited success in gastrointestinal cancers. Now, researchers at Washington University School of...

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Generation of rat offspring from ovarian oocytes by cross-species transplantation

Shehryar JoyiaNovember 16, 2024

The idea of maturing oocytes in the ovary to produce offspring has been implemented in various ways. One such method, ovarian transplantation, is a relatively simple procedure for obtaining eggs,...

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Not the usual suspects: Novel genetic basis of pest resistance to biotech crops

Shehryar JoyiaNovember 7, 2024

If left unchecked, insect pests can devastate crops. To minimize damage and reduce the need for insecticide sprays, crops have been genetically engineered to produce bacterial proteins that kill key...

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The 50th Anniversary of the Cornell Feline Health Center – Part Four | Points of Pride

Shehryar JoyiaNovember 4, 2024

Founded in 1974 by Fred Scott D.V.M., Ph.D., the Cornell Feline Health Center was the first center dedicated solely to the improvement of feline health and well-being. Since its inception,...

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The 50th Anniversary of the Cornell Feline Health Center – Part Three | Key People

Shehryar JoyiaNovember 4, 2024

Founded in 1974 by Fred Scott D.V.M., Ph.D., the Cornell Feline Health Center was the first center dedicated solely to the improvement of feline health and well-being. Since its inception,...