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Study Suggests Novel Way to Protect Aging Brains After Surgery

May 19, 2026 / Comparative Biosciences News

Many people experience temporary cognitive impairment immediately after surgery. In people over age 60, however, about one in 10 continues to experience deficits in learning, memory, and executive function for more than three months after…
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Five Veterinary Faculty Among Medical College Inaugural 100

May 08, 2017 / Comparative Biosciences News

Five faculty members in the College of Veterinary Medicine are among the 100 prominent researchers, administrators, and medical professionals named to the faculty of the new Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based…
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First-Year Vet Student Racks up First Scholarly Publication

April 12, 2017 / General News

What Kills the Fungus that Kills the Snakes? Having a journal article published during veterinary school is definitely a notable accomplishment—especially if it has already been cited several times since its publication in February 2016….
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Illinois Team Tackles Mysterious Disease Afflicting Wild and Captive Snakes

April 12, 2017 / General News

Biologists and veterinarians across the central and eastern United States are calling on researchers at the University of Illinois to help them identify, understand and potentially treat snake fungal disease, a baffling affliction affecting more…
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Illinois Part of New Center Focused on Vector-Borne Disease

February 19, 2017 / Pathobiology

Illinois research to address regional health concerns The University of Illinois is among a consortium of Midwestern universities in a new federally funded center created to fight diseases spread by insect vectors, especially mosquitoes and…
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Study Links Fetal and Newborn Dolphin Deaths to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

April 12, 2016 / Research News

Scientists have finalized a five-year study of newborn and fetal dolphins found stranded on beaches in the northern Gulf of Mexico between 2010 and 2013. Their study, reported in the journal Diseases of Aquatic Organisms,…
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Researchers Link Dolphin Deaths to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

May 20, 2015 / Research News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Dolphins found stranded on Gulf of Mexico beaches following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill were much more likely to have severe lung and adrenal gland damage “consistent with petroleum product exposure”…
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Team Studies Immune Response of Asian Elephants Infected with a Human Disease

July 16, 2014 / Research News

Findings suggest a faster and more reliable way to diagnose TB in captive elephants Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the organism that causes tuberculosis in humans, also afflicts Asian (and occasionally other) elephants. Diagnosing and treating elephants with…
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Study Suggests Novel Way to Protect Aging Brains After Surgery

Five Veterinary Faculty Among Medical College Inaugural 100

First-Year Vet Student Racks up First Scholarly Publication

Illinois Team Tackles Mysterious Disease Afflicting Wild and Captive Snakes

Illinois Part of New Center Focused on Vector-Borne Disease

Study Links Fetal and Newborn Dolphin Deaths to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Researchers Link Dolphin Deaths to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Team Studies Immune Response of Asian Elephants Infected with a Human Disease

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Study Suggests Novel Way to Protect Aging Brains After Surgery

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