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One Health

Drawing inspiration from nature to formulate new pharmaceuticals — 02 March 2026

Karthik Sankaranarayanan trained in two quite different scientific subfields as a graduate student and as a postdoctoral researcher. Now at Purdue...

Purdue team announces new therapeutic target for breast cancer — 26 January 2026

A Purdue University team led by Kyle Cottrell has discovered a new therapeutic target for triple-negative breast cancer. “Triple-negative...

Portable device detects pathogens’ diverse settings — 13 January 2026

Purdue University researchers have developed a device for more conveniently detecting pathogens in health care settings, on farms and in food...

Applying One Health in the Classroom — 12 December 2025

Marisol Sepúlveda, professor of forestry and natural resources, created a new course for students interested in global health challenges: One...

From bird song to bulldozers, sound affects our wellbeing — 08 December 2025

It’s 2 a.m. and you’re woken by a motorcycle revving its engine outside your house. It takes you an hour to get back to sleep, and you...

Optimizing food as medicine — 04 December 2025

Growing up in India, when Lavanya Reddivari had a cold, her mother would give her a remedy called haldi doodh in Hindi: warm milk with turmeric and...

Plant ‘first responder’ cells warn neighbors about bacterial pathogens — 02 December 2025

Purdue University researchers found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical cues from bacterial...

Light-based tool continuously monitors vaccine quality during production — 28 October 2025

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the need to rapidly develop, produce and distribute large quantities of new vaccines. A team of...

Working together to mitigate forever chemicals — 24 October 2025

PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of chemicals used to make consumer products heat, water or stain resistant.

Researchers explore connections between human and animal health — 24 October 2025

Steve Lindemann, associate professor of food science and head of the Diet-Microbiome Interactions Laboratory, studies human health and disease...

Food science researchers contribute to Purdue’s One Health Initiative — 24 October 2025

In Purdue’s Department of Food Science, researchers are taking on issues of food and health in new and innovative ways. Their work fits...

Tracking ticks and tackling disease: AI transforms medical entomology — 24 October 2025

A robot “dog” may soon make its way from a Purdue entomology lab to fetch real-time data on tick populations in the wild. It’s...

Novel biosensor detects genetically modified corn and soybean — 16 September 2025

The continually expanding toolkit from Mohit Verma’s laboratory at Purdue University now includes a portable, paper-based biosensor for...

A natural GLP-1 stimulant? — 04 September 2025

Drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro have made regular headlines in recent years for their ability to facilitate weight loss – often dramatic...

Expert tips for minimizing threat of West Nile virus, other vector-borne disease — 28 August 2025

As mosquitoes and people across the country test positive for West Nile virus (WNV), Purdue University entomologists are sharing guidance to help...

This research is a part of Purdue’s presidential One Health initiative, which involves research at the intersection of human, animal and plant health and well-being.