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Medications Could Help Aging Brain Cope with Surgery, Memory Impairment
January 7, 2026 / Comparative Biosciences News

Simple pharmaceutical interventions could help older brains cope with memory impairment and recovery after surgery, new studies in mice suggest. In two studies, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign investigated different aspects of cognitive…
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Cardiac Trauma

December 01, 2025 / Practitioner Updates

Several mechanisms and types of cardiac injury exist. Because the term cardiac or myocardial contusion is considered non-specific and lacks a clear definition, some authors replace it with blunt cardiac injury (BCI) as a catch-all…
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Get to Know Mack Armstrong

November 14, 2025 / Get to Know

Mack Armstrong, a laboratory instructional specialist in the Department of Comparative Biosciences, began working at the college in 2023. When did you begin working at the College of Veterinary Medicine?I started working here in July…
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On the Go with Dr. Roffey

November 06, 2025 / Alumni News

Dr. David E. Roffey is a 1967 DVM graduate of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and the founder of several companies, including Roffey Cattle Company. He recently established the Lyle E. and…
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Dr. Jessica Von Waldau: Finding and Giving Shelter

November 06, 2025 / Alumni News

Dr. Jessica L. Von Waldau is a 1997 DVM graduate of the University of Illinois . She is also the co-founder of Shelter Veterinary Solutions, a Chicago-based hospital that provides quality veterinary care incorporating shelter…
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