H. Alex Brown, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and newly named Kimmel Foundation Scholar in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, is assembling a research team to study the function of phospholipase D, a natural enzyme that is believed to be a crucial biochemical link in the cell-signaling cascade that permits the spread of many kinds of cancer cells.
The Cornell University Institute for Animal Welfare has been established to foster discussion and research on issues concerning animals in agriculture, laboratories and the wild.
Donald F. Smith, professor of surgery and acting dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, has been nominated to be dean of the college. The nomination, which would make Smith the ninth dean in the 103-year history of the veterinary college, is subject to approval by the Cornell University Board of Trustees.
Cats with the annoying habit of spraying urine on vertical surfaces are needed at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine for a clinical trial of a new treatment.
A behind-the-scenes tour of the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine awaits visitors at the college's annual open house April 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Seriously overweight cats are more likely to suffer diabetes mellitus, lameness and non-allergic skin conditions, a Cornell veterinarian's four-year follow-up to a feline obesity study has shown. Most likely to be tubby are neutered, apartment-dwelling, mixed breed cats eating prescription cat food.
Francis A. Kallfelz, D.V.M., has been appointed a James Law Professor of Medicine at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine. His appointment was approved by the Cornell Board of Trustees at its March meeting.
One of the most bizarre and baffling cat behaviors, fabric-eating, is the subject of a new study at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, where nearby cats are sought for medical trials.
Knowing why the groundhog comes out of hibernation in early February may have more import than predicting winter's end, Cornell researchers have found. Groundhogs have more dramatic annual biological rhythms than nearly all other mammals and are a perfect animal model for studying them.
