This Cummings Grad Researches Vector-Borne Diseases for the CDC
Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Tess van Kan, VG16, credits the school’s M.S. in Infectious Disease & Global Health program for giving her a leg up
Articles tagged: research
Testing a New Therapy for Horses Struggling to Breathe
Friday, October 25th, 2019
Cummings School researchers study an inexpensive drug to see if it can offer a new treatment for equine asthma—a common and chronic affliction that’s difficult to manage
Join the Fight Against Lyme Disease
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019
The Lyme Disease Challenge event November 1 seeks students and faculty from disparate fields to combat the disease Students, post-docs, and faculty from across Tufts University are invited to lend their expertise and fresh ideas… Read More
This Tufts veterinary student spent the summer playing music for very good dogs to see if it helped with short-term stress
Friday, September 27th, 2019
Boston Globe Second-year veterinary student, Sidney Beecy, discusses her research project that looks at the effect of music on short-term stress in dogs. Also quoted is Seana-Dowling Guyer, who is working with Sidney on this… Read More
Why is there a EEE vaccine for horses but not for humans?
Friday, September 13th, 2019
Cummings School Professor Sam Telford, an expert on infections spread by mosquitoes and ticks, explains
Actually, there is a human vaccine for eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), but it has never been approved for public use.
Better Diagnostic Imaging for Pet Rabbits
Thursday, August 8th, 2019
New study shows that GI ultrasounds may reveal source of life-threatening illness for rabbits Gastrointestinal issues are the most common emergency that brings pet rabbits—the third most popular companion small mammal in the U.S.—to the… Read More
3D printed pill samples gut microbiome to aid diagnosis and treatment
Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
The pill is the first known working device capable of non-invasively and accurately assessing the profile of bacterial species inhabiting any stage of the gastrointestinal tract
A World Without Rinderpest
Thursday, July 18th, 2019
Cummings School’s Jeffrey Mariner, who played a key role in eradicating the devastating cattle plague from the wild, weighs in on an effort to destroy laboratory samples of the virus
Giraffes Under Parasitic Attack?
Thursday, July 11th, 2019
Besides their graceful long necks and legs, giraffes are most recognizable by their distinctive spots. Now conservationists are concerned about a different sort of spots on giraffes, made up of dead tissue and crusty sores that ooze blood or pus.
It May Be Possible to Predict How TB Will Affect Each Patient
Monday, June 24th, 2019
If a Cummings School scientist can unlock why tuberculosis affects individuals so differently, she can point the way to more personalized treatments
