New surgical methods of benefit to both humans and animals
The materials mean that we don't have to harvest donor tissue (in humans, bone tissue is usually taken from the hip bone; in dogs, we usually harvest it from the "upper arm bone" humerus). Instead, those synthetic ceramic materials can be used, man-made bone graft material.
Unlocking precision diagnostics and targeted therapies for osteoarthritis
Our translational research has identified novel OA specific biomarkers that are conserved across species, including humans. We have developed diagnostic assays to analytically validate and quantify these biomarkers in body fluids from both horses and humans.
Win-win for both animal and human patients
Early clinical results are highly encouraging: several dogs have shown measurable tumor regression with minimal to no side effects. This is particularly promising, as there are currently no licensed veterinary treatments specifically for these cancer types, despite their poor prognosis and significant impact on canine welfare.
“Mini-guts” show how parasites infect and how probiotics can help fight them
We’re building “mini-guts” in the lab from horse and dog cells to study how parasites infect and how probiotics can help fight them. The aim is to find sustainable alternatives to drugs, which parasites are rapidly becoming resistant to.
Congrats to Sanna Ignell
Urban school ground vegetation have great effect on health in different ways, says new PhD Sanna Ignell, new PhD at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management at SLU in Alnarp.
Congrats to Paulina Bergmark - a new PhD within One Health
Healthy forests support both nature and people, which makes this work important for a better future.”
Researchers
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New surgical methods of benefit to both humans and animals
Odd Höglund, at the Department of Clinical Sciences, SLU tells us more about some exciting research projects in translational veterinary medicine and surgery he is currently working on. -
Unlocking precision diagnostics and targeted therapies for osteoarthritis
Eva Skiöldebrand, professor at the Department of Animal Biosciences (HBIO), is one of the researchers within the translational project “Molecular Profiling of Osteoarthritis: Unlocking Precision Diagnostics and Targeted Therapies”. -
Win-win for both animal and human patients
Henrik Rönnberg at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) exemplifies the comparative oncology approach within One Health by sharing a project with early clinical results that are highly encouraging ‒ measureable tumor regression in dogs with minimal to no side effects. -
“Mini-guts” show how parasites infect and how probiotics can help fight them
“We’re building “mini-guts” in the lab from horse and dog cells to study how parasites infect and how probiotics can help fight them. The aim is to find sustainable alternatives to drugs, which parasites are rapidly becoming resistant to”, says SLU researcher Eva Tydén. -
How to sustain healthy marine ecosystems and food webs
Marine ecosystems are under many pressures such as fishing, climate change and excess nutrients. Carolyn Faithfull, Researcher at the Department of Aquatic Resources, explores how these pressures affect the interactions between species in the Baltic Sea and how to sustain healthy food webs.
PhD's and doctoral students
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Congrats to Sanna Ignell
“Urban school ground vegetation has great effect on health in different ways”, says new PhD Sanna Ignell, at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management at SLU in Alnarp. -
Congrats to Paulina Bergmark
“Healthy forests support both nature and people, which makes this work important for a better future", says new PhD Paulina Bergmark, now a research engineer at the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies.