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RVC advanced medical imaging centre set to strengthen Hertfordshire’s life sciences capability
The RVC has been awarded a £2.13 million Getting Building Fund grant from Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to create a Cardiovascular Imaging Centre of Excellence (C-ICE) in the countyThe Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been awarded a £2.13 million Getting Building Fund grant …
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New breakthrough in creation of feline stem cells could help develop treatments for heart disease in cats and humans
In what is believed to be a world-first, researchers have identified the conditions required to generate pluripotent stem cells from domestic cats, a finding which could have significant benefits for feline and human healthIn what is believed to be a world-first, researchers have identified the conditions required to …
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RVC wins GCRF award for its research into goat plague
Award will fund the RVC's pioneering study of the viral pathogen that causes PPR,, an emergent disease that affects goats and sheep, as well as wildlife, across Africa and Asia,The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been awarded a GCRF Global Research Translation Award to …
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RVC and The Animal and Plant Health Agency awarded OIE Collaborating Centre
OIE Collaborating Centres are centres of expertise in a specific designated sphere of competence relating to the management of general questions on animal health issues.The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have been jointly …
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RVC researcher part of emergency international response to disease outbreak in the Congo
A post-doctoral researcher from the RVC is part of an international consortium of experts, PANDORA ID NET, that responded to an outbreak of Chikungunya in the Republic of the Congo.A post-doctoral researcher from the RVC is part of an international consortium of experts, PANDORA …
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Princess Royal officially re-opens RVC’s transformed Hobday Building
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal today toured and re-opened the RVC’s Hobday Building, which has undergone an extensive transformation over the last several months. -
New innovative study proves racehorses use less energy to gallop than previously thought
Researchers from the RVC have made use of force plate technology to accurately measure the external work of galloping in racehorses. This technique, which has never been used for such large animals at high speed before, showed that horses had much …Researchers from the RVC have made use of force plate technology to accurately measure the external …
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World-First Surgery Combination Saves Puppy’s Life
Surgeons from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) have successfully carried out the surgical repair of a complex combination of heart defects in a dog. The abnormalities required tricuspid valve repair surgery along with the repair for the common atrium. It is the first time these procedures have been carried out on a dog in the same operation. -
Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership awards RVC £7m grant to build leading One Health Vaccine and Stem Cell research centre
The RVC has been awarded a £7 million grant by Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership to support the creation of a state-of-the-art Veterinary Vaccinology & Cell Therapy Hub on its Hawkshead campus -
Wildebeest muscles almost three times more efficient than a car engine
Wildebeest muscles have an extremely high efficiency of 62.6%. By comparison, most animal muscles and a car engine are only 25% efficient