Professor Tim Greet BVMS MVM Cert EO DESTS Dip ECVS FRCVS was on Saturday announced as the recipient of the British Veterinary Association’s prestigious Chiron Award.
The award, which marks outstanding contributions to veterinary science or for outstanding services to the profession, judged in either case as being of a calibre commanding international or inter-professional recognition, [...]

Dr Sarah Cleaveland was on Saturday announced as the winner of the Trevor Blackburn Award in recognition of her work on zoonotic, livestock and wildlife diseases in East Africa and for her outstanding contributions to animal and human health, wildlife conservation and animal welfare in Africa and beyond. The announcement came during the Awards Ceremony [...]

Ms Kathryn Allan was on Saturday announced as the winner of the Harry Steele-Bodger Memorial Scholarship travel award for 2008. The announcement came during the Awards Ceremony at the British Veterinary Association’s Annual Congress in London.

Three enzymes called phosphatases that shut down a molecule called SRC-3 (steroid receptor coactivator 3) could provide a new pathway for fighting cancer, particularly tumors of the breast and prostate, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears in the current issue of the journal Molecular Cell.

It has long been known that environmental factors play a part in the development of rheumatoid arthritis; smoking and drinking alcohol, along with heredity, are particularly instrumental in increasing the risk of the disease.