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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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Get to Know Courtney Glazik

August 03, 2023 / Get to Know

Courtney Glazik is the Senior Procurement Coordinator at the College of Veterinary Medicine. When did you begin working at the College of Veterinary Medicine?I started my affiliation with the College of Veterinary Medicine in 2013…
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Third NIH Grant Moves Novel Anti-Diarrheal Vaccine Forward

August 01, 2023 / Pathobiology

Dr. Weiping Zhang, professor in the Department of Pathobiology, was recently awarded a five-year, $5.6 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to optimize a promising vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)….
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Liquid Biopsy in Veterinary Oncology

July 31, 2023 / Practitioner Updates

Figure from: Liquid Biopsy, Lone SN, et al. Molecular Cancer 21, 79 (2022). Used under the Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ What Is Liquid Biopsy and How Can It Help Our Patients?   Liquid biopsy is…
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Drs. Ana Nobrega, Heather McCrary, and Sandra Yucupicio with foal, Buddy.

Happy Ending for Preemie Foal

July 24, 2023 / Patient Stories

Drs. Ana Nobrega, Heather McCrary, and Sandra Yucupicio pose with foal, Buddy, while taking a walk through the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. By Mel Fletcher, CVT Buddy had a lot stacked against him. He was born…
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Get to Know Sara Dinnin

July 19, 2023 / Get to Know

Sara Dinnin is an animal care technician for the College of Veterinary Medicine. When did you begin working at the College of Veterinary Medicine?I started working at vet med back in 2008 as extra help,…
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Constable, Wilkins Receive Honors at AVCIM Forum

July 12, 2023 / General News

Two University of Illinois faculty members, Dean Peter Constable and Dr. Pamela Wilkins, were among the honorees when the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) recently presented three Recognition Awards and three Specialty Lifetime…
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Team Develops All-Species Coronavirus Test

July 06, 2023 / Pathobiology

In an advance that will help scientists track coronavirus variants in wild and domesticated animals, researchers report they can now detect exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in any animal species. Most coronavirus antibody tests require…
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