Research

Preventing Serious Brain Damage From Nerve Agents

• by Amy Quinton
• September 26, 2022

• Research
• Human & Animal Health

UC Davis is establishing a new center designed to develop ways to prevent long-term brain damage in humans when poisoned by organophosphate chemical nerve agents or pesticides.

Endangered Mouse Study Shares No-Contact Sampling Method

• by Kat Kerlin
• September 19, 2022

• Research

Genetic sampling is important for understanding how to conserve and protect the world’s endangered mammals.

UC Davis Receives $10M for Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence

• by Tom Hinds
• September 09, 2022

• Research

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently awarded a new 5-year, $10 million grant for UC Davis to continue its work with six other research universities in research, training, and outreach on vectors, which are organisms that transmit diseases from an animal to a human or another animal. 

Novel Coronaviruses Are Riskiest for Spillover

• by Kat Kerlin
• August 25, 2022

• Research
• Environment/Wildlife

Scientists from the University of California, Davis created network-based models to prioritize novel and known viruses for their risk of zoonotic transmission, which is when infectious diseases pass between animals and humans.

Study Reveals How the Ovarian Reserve Is Established

• by Rob Warren
• August 15, 2022

• Research

Fertility is finite for mammalian females. From birth, females possess a limited number of primordial follicles, collectively called the ovarian reserve. Within each follicle is an oocyte that eventually becomes an egg. But with age, the follicles in the ovarian reserve decrease.

Guidelines to Lower Intake of Added Sugar are Necessary and Justified

• by Dr. Kimber Stanhope
• July 14, 2022

• Human & Animal Health
• Research

The lowering of dietary recommendations for the consumption of free or added sugar from 25% to 10% of daily calories has been criticized as being based on low-quality scientific evidence, ill-informed opinions and over-extrapolation of results from studies on sugar-sweetened beverages. This Comment by Dr. Kimber Stanhope rebuts these criticisms.

Cats Injured in Wildfires at Risk of Deadly Blood Clots

• by Trina Wood
• July 14, 2022

• Small Animal
• Research

Cats who suffered burns and smoke inhalation in urban California wildfires are at risk of forming deadly blood clots, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. 

COVID-19 Antibodies From Eggs

• by Andy Fell, UC Davis News
• July 13, 2022

• Research
• Human & Animal Health

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been able to produce antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in hen eggs. Antibodies harvested from eggs might be used to treat COVID-19 or as a preventative measure for people exposed to the disease.

COVID-19 in Animals: What to Fear and What to Learn

• by IEEE Pulse
• July 11, 2022

• Research
• Environment/Wildlife

While COVID-19 has been racing through much of the human population, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has also turned up in other mammals. This leads to many questions.

UC Davis Interdisciplinary Research Teams Join Forces to Prepare for the Next Pandemic

• by Neelanjana Gautam
• June 30, 2022

• Research
• Human & Animal Health

On April 22, the Office of Research hosted a Team Research Forum with six experts to discuss the strength of interdisciplinary research in predictive intelligence so humans can better prepare themselves to navigate the risks of future pandemic challenges.

Genetic Analysis Identifies Novel Mutation in Standardbred Horse

• by Rob Warren
• June 01, 2022

• Research

The field of genetics has enabled the prediction of susceptibility to heritable diseases and map the genome of many species. Now, modern genetics and the birth of a unique foal in New Zealand has provided a successful example of tracking a mutation at its origin.

The Oromaxillofacial Region as a Model for a One-Health Approach in Regenerative Medicine

• by Rob Warren
• April 01, 2022

• Research

Collaborative and translational research is a cornerstone of advancing the science of veterinary medicine at UC Davis. Three scientists at the university are taking regenerative medicine to new heights.

Engineered Tissue May Heal Injured Joints

• by Rob Warren
• March 18, 2022

• Research
• Human & Animal Health
• Research
• Small Animal

Dogs with joint injuries may be helped in the future thanks to a CCAH-funded study to engineer new tissue.

Gut Bacteria Differences Between Black and White Women Linked to Insulin Sensitivity

• by Nadine Yehya, UC Davis Health
• January 25, 2022

• Human & Animal Health
• Research

A study led by the University of California, Davis, has found significant differences in gut bacteria between Black and white women, even after accounting for their insulin sensitivity status. 

Mange Outbreak Decimated a Wild Vicuña Population in Argentina

• by Kat Kerlin
• January 21, 2022

• Research

Mange has decimated the population of wild vicuñas and guanacos in an Argentinian national park that was created to conserve them, according to a study from the Administration of National Parks in Argentina and the University of California, Davis.