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Petco Love donates over half a million dollars to UF Shelter Medicine Program

The Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida (UF) College of Veterinary Medicine will be gifted a $510,000 grant from national nonprofit Petco Love. These funds are to address the growing shortage of shelter medicine veterinarians by ensuring shelter pets have access to timely, necessary veterinary care. According to an organizational release,1 the grant will support an accelerated internship …

Regulators have approved the world’s most expensive medicine that costs $3.5 million per patient

© Provided by Business Insider Hemgenix can be used to treat adults with hemophilia. Ivan Balvan/Getty Images The FDA approved a treatment costing $3.5 million, making it the world’s most expensive medicine. Hemgenix effectively treated several patients with the blood condition Hemophilia B in trials. An independent study said a fair price for the drug would be about $2.9 million. …

Researchers at Duke School of Medicine receive $25.9 million grant for HIV vaccine research

The Duke Human Vaccine Institute is tackling an epidemic that has claimed 40.1 million lives and continues to impact tens of millions more across the world. Guido Ferrari, professor of surgery and research professor of molecular genetics and microbiology, and Wilton Bryan Williams, associate professor of surgery and medicine and assistant professor of immunology, are currently leading a research project …

CSU announces $278 million expansion of veterinary medicine school

Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences recently announced a $278 million upgrade and expansion of its current vet school facilities on the university’s south campus. The new veterinary health complex, which is scheduled to break ground in early 2023 and be completed in 2028, will include an expansion of more than 300,000 square feet. The complex …

$9 million to fund study of ‘jumping genes’ in Alzheimer’s – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Visit the News Hub Researchers from several labs to study role of transposable elements Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and at the University of Texas at San Antonio have received a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to identify how so- called transposable elements …

Colorado State University announces $278 million expansion of veterinary medicine facilities

Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has announced plans for a $278 million upgrade and expansion of its veterinary medicine and education facilities in Fort Collins. The university says new and renovated facilities will enable the college to carry out a progressive new curriculum while increasing class sizes. Construction of the new veterinary health complex is …

UNC School of Medicine Awarded $3 Million to Lead Study to Reduce PTSD Frequency, Severity

Led by Sam McLean, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers and collaborators were awarded $3 million from the US Department of Defense for to evaluate the efficacy of a therapeutic to reduce the frequency and severity of acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. Sam McLean, MD, MPH The UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery in the …

Veterinary Medicine Market To Grow USD 50090 Million by 2028 at a CAGR of 6.4%| Valuates Reports

BANGALOREIndia , Sept 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Veterinary Medicine Market is Segmented by Type (Oral, Injection, Other), By Application (Companion Animals, Livestock Animals) : Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2022-2028. It is published in Values ​​Reports under the Animal Products & Services category. The global Veterinary Medicine market is projected to reach USD 50090 million by 2028, from USD 32220 …

Methuselah Foundation Launches $1 Million Competition to Stimulate Development of Animal-Free Precision Medicine

Goal: Replace unreliable animal research with more precise test technology to speed development of effective new drugs and therapies DUBLIN, Sept 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Methuselah Foundation, the original biomedical charity devoted to extending the human health span, announced a $1 million Competition to encourage innovation that will enable medicine to move away from unreliable animal testing. Though medicine relies …

MU College of Veterinary Medicine celebrates $30 million addition | Higher Education

MU College of Veterinary Medicine’s diagnostic laboratory will receive a roughly 34,000-square-foot addition, university officials said at a groundbreaking ceremony Friday afternoon. The $30 million project will aim to provide adequate biosecurity and biosafety protocols to meet current standards, according to written information provided at the event. The addition is set to open in 2024 for student and faculty use. …