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How Does Your Gut Microbiome Affect Your Health?

April 8, 2025 / Pathobiology

Inside the digestive tract lives a host of microorganisms known as the gut microbiome. Chris Gaulke, professor of pathobiology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, studies the gut microbiome and its role in human health….
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Repurposed Anti-malarial Compounds Kill Diarrheal Parasite, Study Finds

October 08, 2020 / General News

No Treatment or Vaccine Exist for Cryptosporidium A class of compounds used for malaria treatment also kill the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium, a leading cause of diarrheal disease and death in children that has no cure,…
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Help Combat Tick-borne Disease in Illinois with Data

May 14, 2019 / General News

Assist in Data Collection on Ticks The first year (2018) of I-TICK (Illinois Tick Inventory Collaboration Network) was overwhelmingly successful: 70 individual participants and 18 Hubs collected over 900 ticks in 28 counties in Illinois….
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NIH Grant to Vinayak Seeks to Unlock Secrets of Deadly Cryptosporidium

February 10, 2019 / Pathobiology

Work Builds on Earlier Breakthroughs Dr. Sumiti Vinayak has received a two-year, $426, 511 R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a tool that will help researchers everywhere find effective weapons against…
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Mouse Study Suggests a Vaccine Strategy for Immunocompromised Patients

February 10, 2019 / Pathobiology

Findings may have broad translational potential A study led by Som Nanjappa at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine identifies a cellular target that may improve efficacy of vaccines designed to protect immunocompromised…
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Maddox Named Pathobiology Interim Head

February 09, 2019 / General News

Search for Full-Time Head Open Now In January, Dr. Carol Maddox took on the role of interim head of the Department of Pathobiology. Dr. Maddox, who joined the college faculty in 2000, is currently a…
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Discovery: Mechanical Properties of Viral DNA Determine the Course of Infection

September 04, 2018 / Pathobiology

‘Like Toothpaste out of a Tube’ A new study reveals a previously unknown mechanism that governs whether viruses that infect bacteria will quickly kill their hosts or remain latent inside the cell. The discovery, reported…
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Risk Factors Linked to Chikungunya, Dengue Outbreaks

July 24, 2018 / Pathobiology

In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers analyzed chikungunya and dengue outbreak data from 76 countries over a period of 50 years, focusing on regions across the Indian Ocean that are hard…
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Grant Supports Novel Approach to Fight Nematodes in Livestock

June 04, 2018 / Pathobiology

Unique molecules hold promise for anti-parasitic drugs Parasitic nematodes, such as roundworms, pose a big problem for the livestock industry globally. Medicines that used to control these parasites are no longer effective, but Dr. William…
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‘One Health’ Emerges as Key to Public Good as Illinois Reaches 150th Anniversary

April 03, 2018 / General News

Solving complex, multidimensional, interdisciplinary problems How should research at a 21st century university advance the public good? That question lies at the center of a three-day conference at the culmination of the University of Illinois…
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Tick-Tracking Program Gathers Data to Combat Tickborne Disease in Illinois

March 29, 2018 / General News

I-TICK Program Seeks 1,000 Samples Tickborne diseases are on the rise across the nation. Since 1990, Illinois has seen a tenfold increase in the number of reported human cases of tickborne diseases, which include Lyme…
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Pathobiology

How Does Your Gut Microbiome Affect Your Health?

Repurposed Anti-malarial Compounds Kill Diarrheal Parasite, Study Finds

Help Combat Tick-borne Disease in Illinois with Data

NIH Grant to Vinayak Seeks to Unlock Secrets of Deadly Cryptosporidium

Mouse Study Suggests a Vaccine Strategy for Immunocompromised Patients

Maddox Named Pathobiology Interim Head

Discovery: Mechanical Properties of Viral DNA Determine the Course of Infection

Risk Factors Linked to Chikungunya, Dengue Outbreaks

Grant Supports Novel Approach to Fight Nematodes in Livestock

‘One Health’ Emerges as Key to Public Good as Illinois Reaches 150th Anniversary

Tick-Tracking Program Gathers Data to Combat Tickborne Disease in Illinois

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