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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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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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Students Bond over CCI Dog

March 28, 2016 / Patient Stories

It was a small world for Caitlin Bottcher when she took her Canine Companion for Independence (CCI) dog, Honest, to the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital. She was surprised to find out that veterinary…
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Callie’s Castle: Cat Gets Royal Treatment during Cancer Care

January 29, 2016 / Patient Stories

They say a man’s home is his castle, but for one patient at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital, a castle became her home away from home. Callie, an 8-year-old cat, was brought to…
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Vet Tech Takes Bandages to Artistic Level

November 10, 2015 / Patient Stories

When a dog, who previously had two of his toes removed, came in for a bandage change just before Halloween, veterinary technician Michelle Jaeger knew exactly what she wanted to design on the bandage around his…
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Dentistry Service Makes Pets More Adoptable

October 15, 2015 / General News

Like many shelter animals, a 10-year-old terrier named Milo was waiting patiently to be adopted. Luckily for him, that happy day came sooner with the help of a partnership between the Champaign County Humane Society and…
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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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Examination of Cougar Found in Illinois Adds to Understanding of Species Health

November 25, 2013 / General News

After a cougar was discovered on a Whiteside County farm on November 20 and euthanized by a state conservation police officer, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) sent the animal to wildlife pathologists seeking some…
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Medications Could Help Aging Brain Cope with Surgery, Memory Impairment

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

Students Bond over CCI Dog

Callie’s Castle: Cat Gets Royal Treatment during Cancer Care

Vet Tech Takes Bandages to Artistic Level

Dentistry Service Makes Pets More Adoptable

Researchers Link Dolphin Deaths to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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

Examination of Cougar Found in Illinois Adds to Understanding of Species Health

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Medications Could Help Aging Brain Cope with Surgery, Memory Impairment

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