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Do Toxicants Cause Obesity? Fishing for Answers in the Microbiome

November 18, 2025 / Pathobiology

The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1990 and 2022, according to the World Health Organization. This chronic complex disease has been linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and…
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New Biosecurity Resource Helps Producers Protect Pigs

July 06, 2022 / General News

$50 billion. That’s the estimated economic impact over 10 years if African swine fever finds its way into the United States, according to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). And the threat…
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Grant Explores Approach for a ‘Universal’ Flu Vaccine

April 12, 2022 / Pathobiology

Dr. Zuckermann Receives Proof-of-Concept Grant Dr. Federico Zuckermann, pathobiology, and Dr. Stephen Sligar, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, were selected as awardees of the Illinois Proof-of-Concept program for their project entitled “A broadly protective…
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First Illinois Dog to Test Positive for SARS-CoV-2 ID’d by U. of I. Faculty

February 25, 2022 / General News

More Dogs Likely Infected, But Without Life-threatening Illness A pet dog from Chicago that had been experiencing respiratory symptoms since early January recently tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in people. The…
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Grad Week Appreciation: Maria Nava

October 27, 2021 / Pathobiology

What is your academic background? (Where did you get your undergraduate/other degrees?) I received my bachelors in Cellular Molecular Biology at California State University Dominguez Hills in 2019 and I am currently a PhD student…
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Grad Appreciation Week: Lydia Okyere

October 27, 2021 / Pathobiology

What is your academic background? (Where did you get your undergraduate/other degrees?) I studied Animal Biology and Conservation Science as an undergraduate student in the University of Ghana, Legon. How did you become interested in your…
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Advancing Health by the Numbers

October 13, 2021 / Pathobiology

As a veterinary epidemiologist, Dr. Csaba Varga is used to dealing with large data sets. But whether he is analyzing how location affects the risk of people getting a foodborne disease in a city or…
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Lung Association Grant Funds Research into Fungal Lung Infections

November 14, 2020 / Pathobiology

Study Targets Protein Tied to Immunity Som G. Nanjappa, DVM, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Pathobiology at the University of Illinois, was recently awarded a grant through the American Lung Association. Dr….
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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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Do Toxicants Cause Obesity? Fishing for Answers in the Microbiome

New Biosecurity Resource Helps Producers Protect Pigs

Grant Explores Approach for a ‘Universal’ Flu Vaccine

First Illinois Dog to Test Positive for SARS-CoV-2 ID’d by U. of I. Faculty

Grad Week Appreciation: Maria Nava

Grad Appreciation Week: Lydia Okyere

Advancing Health by the Numbers

Lung Association Grant Funds Research into Fungal Lung Infections

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

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Do Toxicants Cause Obesity? Fishing for Answers in the Microbiome

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