Lia Spencer, a member of the DVM Class of 2024 at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, is the first recipient of the newly established Pan Asian Veterinary Medicine Scholarship award. Tim Yoshino, …
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Record-Setting Research Portfolio Embodies One Health Approach
Posted onWould you expect scientists studying influenza, human respiratory disorders, multiple sclerosis, cancer treatments, and more to be based at a School of Veterinary Medicine? Every day, faculty, staff, and students within the University of Wisconsin …
Companion Animal Fund Grant Program Supports 10 New Studies
Posted onResearchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine will pursue 10 new research projects with support from the school’s Companion Animal Fund Grant Program. In 2022, the program distributed over $137,000 in grants …
Wild Primate Virus Has Pandemic Potential Should It Jump the Species Barrier, Shows Study
Posted onIn a world still reeling from COVID-19, infectious disease researchers are eager to head off the next pandemic before it has the chance to spill over from animals to humans. But the scientific reality of …
New Understanding of ‘Superantigens’ Could Lead To Improved Staph Infection Treatments
Posted onThe bacterium Staphylococcus aureus has long been known to cause infections in humans, ranging from mild skin infections to pneumonia to more serious infections of the heart. In high-income countries, it’s the leading cause of a sometimes-fatal …
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine provides mutation-resistant T cell protection in mice
Posted onA second line of defense — the immune system’s T cells — may offer protection from COVID-19 even when vaccine-induced antibodies no longer can, according to new research out of the University of Wisconsin School …
Osorio To Lead UW Global Health Institute
Posted onJorge Osorio, an expert in epidemiology, virology and vaccines, has been named the next director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Global Health Institute. Osorio, professor of pathobiological sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine, has …
Amidst First Major Avian Flu Outbreak in Years, UW Vaccine Research Underway
Posted on The Badger Herald
There are two main approaches to controlling H5N1, according to Adel Talaat, who is a professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin. Talaat’s research focuses on one of the two main approaches — developing a vaccine.
Palmyra Residents Concerned Over Handling of Avian Flu Outbreak at Local Farm
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Dr. Adel Talaat is a professor of Microbiology at UW Madison. He says that the virus can live on any part of an infected chicken, including on feathers. He says that, from there, the virus can transmit to both other birds and people. He also said, though, that transmission of the Avian Flu to people is extremely rare in the US.