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Research Spotlight: Ben Blair
February 9, 2026 / Research Spotlight

Using about 60 words, how would you explain your main area of research focus to someone sitting next to you on an airplane? My research focuses on understanding how infectious diseases move through livestock systems…
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Feline Face Shape: A Health and Wellness Study

June 12, 2019 / General News

Calling All Cat Owners! To gather information about whether the shape of a cat’s face could be related to its overall wellness, veterinarians at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine are inviting cat…
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College Receives Grant to Spay/Neuter 500 Feral Cats

September 06, 2018 / General News

On Saturday, September 8, the University of Illinois shelter medicine program will sterilize, vaccinate, and microchip over 100 feral cats from east central Illinois. The goal is to reduce the overpopulation of cats and improve…
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PAC-1 Trial in Humans with Brain Cancer Extended

November 28, 2017 / General News

Dogs with brain tumors responded well to PAC-1 drug combo A drug that spurs cancer cells to self-destruct has been cleared for use in a clinical trial of patients with anaplastic astrocytoma, a rare malignant…
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