The same protein accumulates in the joints of both dogs and humans after ACL injury, which means using dogs as a model for study may vastly accelerate advances in understanding of both ACL injury and post-traumatic osteoarthritis.
The third annual Community Engagement Awards brought together students, faculty, staff and community partners to celebrate the power of collaboration and connection. Hosted by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement on April 8 in the Statler Hotel Ballroom, the event recognized the diverse and far-reaching efforts of those working to create positive change in Ithaca and around the world.
When Fig was suddenly lethargic and wouldn’t eat one day, his owner knew something was amiss and rushed him to the Cornell University Hospital for Animals.
In response to dairy industry needs, a team of researchers found that avian flu persisted in raw milk for as long as eight weeks when refrigerated - but also that it did not survive pasteurization and even some subpasteurization temperatures.
The WHO Pandemic Agreement directly addresses the risk of zoonotic spillovers — transmission of pathogens from animals to humans. With over a million undiscovered viruses in animal hosts, Raina Plowright and her colleagues urge swift action.
Thanks to a research partnership between Embark Veterinary and the College of Veterinary Medicine, DNA tests also provide findings that could improve dogs’ health.
Researchers tracked 16 live bobcats in the state and found widespread exposure to avian flu, with evidence of bobcats surviving but also succumbing to the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain.
Cornell researchers have confirmed that a previously identified biomarker for detecting malignant testicular germ cell tumors – the most common solid cancers in young men – has the potential to improve patient outcomes through early detection.
