Dr. Jan Janecka Helps Develop Bhutan’s First Wildlife Genetics Lab
The kingdom of Bhutan, nestled in the Eastern Himalayas, provides one of the most beautiful and untouched natural environments in the world. As Bhutan is starting to industrialize; Nawang Norbu, director of the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Conservation and the Environment (UWICE), wants to learn more about conservation efforts that can be made to ensure […]
GI Lab Works to Improve Companion Animal Health
“We’re the only diagnostic laboratory in the world that focuses solely on gastrointestinal diseases in companion animals,” said Dr. Jörg Steiner, associate professor of small animal internal medicine and director of the Gastrointestinal Laboratory (GI Lab) at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM). “The frequency of gastrointestinal diseases in […]
A&M Researchers Confirm Cause of Proventricular Dilatation Disease
The cause of proventricular dilatation disease (PDD), a fatal neurological disorder that affects mainly captive parrots, is avian bornavirus (ABV). A group led by researchers at the Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center of the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences confirmed this revelation in a recent study. The study, published in […]
Altering the architecture of malignant cells may slow spread of cancer
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Cancer may spread throughout the human body when malignant cells travel in the blood stream. But it may be possible to slow or even stop those cells from spreading by altering their structure, according to a recent investigation led by a Texas A&M University researcher. The team – assembled by Gonzalo […]
Researchers Sequence Horse Genome
COLLEGE STATION, TX – A group of international scientists – including three researchers from Texas A&M University – have completed for the first time the genome sequence of the horse, which may open doors for improved breeding, disease treatment and even enhanced performance traits. Dr. Loren Skow (left), Dr. Terje Raudsepp and Dr. Bhanu Chowdhary […]
CVM researchers to attend RM Kenney Equine Reproduction Symposium
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Being invited to participate in a symposium held in memory of a pioneering scientist is an honor. This week, a group of researchers from Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), will have this very privilege. Drs. Terry Blanchard, Katrin Hinrichs and Charles Love will present lectures […]
TDA Gives Texas A&M $50,000 for White Tailed Deer
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Imagine how you would feel if there were no medicine to help your sick puppy get well? This is how the majority of deer breeders feel as there is currently no approved medicine for diseased deer. The deer industry is growing rapidly, but sadly the right medicine and treatment that cervids […]
New hope for breast cancer research from unlikely source
COLLEGE STATION, TX – There’s new hope for breast cancer research, and it’s coming from a very unlikely place. Researchers at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences recently published articles in the journals Molecular and Cellular Biology and Carcinogenesis which indicate that a protein long suspected to play a role […]
Scientists discover closest living relative to primates
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Researchers at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, in collaboration with scientists representing institutions around the world, have discovered the closest living relative to primates after completing a multispecies genomic comparison within the superordinal group Euarchonta, which includes Primates, Dermoptera (colugos) and Scandentia (treeshrews). Their findings were […]
Copy Cat: First Cloned Cat Produces 3 Kittens
COLLEGE STATION – CC, the world’s first cloned cat, may not have nine lives, but she has produced three kittens whose lives already are unique. CC, short for Copy Cat, was born Dec. 22, 2001 and became the first-ever cloned cat by a team of Texas A&M; University researchers in the College of Veterinary Medicine […]
