Texas A&M Researchers Create Tissue Chip ‘Blueprint’ In First NIH-Funded Study

Microphysiological systems (MPSs), or tissue chips, are a relatively new technology that have the potential to significantly impact the drug development process, as well as drug and chemical safety testing; however, adoption of these chips by industry and regulatory agencies has been slow due to a lack of confidence in the reliability and relevance of […]

Texas A&M Researchers Document Genetic Copy-Number Changes in Roundworm Model

Diseases such as cancer and other chronic ailments are the result of copy-number changes in our genome, that is, when certain genes are accidentally duplicated to create extra copies or when genes are deleted so that they exist in fewer copies than normal. In addition to potential hazards to our health, changes in gene copy-number […]

Texas A&M Theriogenologist Explores Alternate Method of Identifying Genetic Disease in Horses

Dr. Allyson Ripley, a senior equine theriogenology resident in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has been working on an exciting research project for the last year that aims to find an alternate means of determining fetal genotype and detecting genetic diseases before birth. Currently, determining if future offspring will […]

Doctoral Student Earns Merit Award for Innovative Abstract

Raine Lunde-Young, a second-year doctoral student in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences‘ (CVM) Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology (VTPP), has been selected to receive the Kenneth Warren Merit Award for her late-breaking and novel abstract entitled “Prenatal alcohol exposure produces sex-dependent patterns of gene disruption and molecular pathways in […]

Researchers Observe Striking Differences Between Brains of Wild, Domesticated Rabbits

The most characteristic feature of domestic animals is their tame behavior. Using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the team—led by Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) professor Leif Andersson—has found that domesticated rabbits’ amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex, those regions of the brain involved in fear processing, have been particularly effected. […]

Texas A&M Seeks Healthy Dogs for Second Phase of ‘Aging Project’ Trial

Veterinarians from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) are seeking middle-aged, healthy dogs of any breed, or combination of breeds, to participate in a clinical trial as part of the Dog Aging Project’s second phase. The growing focus of the aging research at Texas A&M—led by Dr. Kate Creevy, an […]

Engineering New Possibilities

For decades, biomedical engineers have used their acumen to revolutionize healthcare through the development of devices, tools, equipment, techniques, and pharmaceuticals that have advanced the medical field in ways previously unimaginable. While patients around the world have benefited from this ingenuity, those patients almost exclusively have had one thing in common—they’ve all been human. Researchers […]

Texas A&M Graduate Student Earns NIEHS Superfund Externship Award

Krisa Camargo, a graduate research assistant in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Veterinary Integrative Biosciences department and a pre-doctoral trainee with the Texas A&M University Superfund Research Center, has been recognized with a 2018 KC Donnelly Externship Award. Granted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ Superfund Research […]

Texas A&M, Cornell Collaborate to Advance Education Research, Expand Pipeline for Underrepresented Students

Texas A&M and Cornell universities have joined forces to advance research on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in veterinary medical education and to expand the pipeline for underrepresented students in the field. Funded by a $300,000 federal grant from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), researchers from both universities […]

Texas A&M Study Links Breast Cancer, Body’s Internal Clock

For years, doctors have associated the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations with an increased risk of breast cancer. But researchers at Texas A&M University have now identified another gene that may have an impact on breast cancer—associated with the body’s circadian rhythm. Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) professor Weston Porter […]

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