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Posted inOpinion Columns
Zornio: Scientists must do more to address racism in science
The American Society of Human Genetics is the latest group of scientists to acknowledge and seek change to longstanding racism amid Black History Month
Posted inColoradans
What do you do if you stumble across a significant dinosaur fossil in the woods? Ask this guy.
Colorado Springs rock hunter went out looking for geodes but found a dinosaur’s tibia instead
Posted inMarijuana
Did marijuana legalization lead to increased use in Colorado? A new study has a novel answer.
The study, by a former University of Colorado graduate student, looked at data on twins to answer a longstanding question
Posted inCOVID, Health, News
Researchers at CU-Anschutz are trying to crack the code on long COVID by looking at T cells
Researchers in Colorado have made a key discovery that could help doctors in fighting one of the most pernicious ongoing impacts of the pandemic. Long COVID-19 — the catchall diagnosis for long-term COVID symptoms that can afflict as many as 30% of people after they have recovered from their initial infection — is so common […]
Posted inBusiness, Growth, News
The life sciences industry is booming. Here’s how it affects the Denver metro.
The life science industry has thrived in Colorado for decades. But in the last year or two, more people are moving in and around Denver to research everything from diseases and medical devices to pharmaceuticals and drug discovery. That means there’s less space equipped with proper ventilation and technology and fewer labs available for research […]
Posted inWater
Will massive Western wildfires leave more or less water in rivers?
Scientists at Colorado State University and elsewhere in the West are poking and prodding for clues into how wildfire impacts water supply.
Posted inCOVID, Health, News
COVID vaccines don’t work for some people. For them, the pandemic remains terrifying.
Two weeks after her first shot of the Moderna COVID vaccine, Lori Welker went in for a blood test. Then she held her breath. The Denver mother of two suffers from EGPA — eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, a rare inflammatory condition. It’s well controlled now, she says, but for years she received twice-a-year infusions of […]
Posted inCOVID, Health, News
No, there’s no evidence ivermectin can cure COVID. But can it fight West Nile virus in Colorado?
Brian Foy just wants to get this out of the way: This is not a story that has anything to do with COVID. Sure, this story is about a novel use of ivermectin, the common deworming medicine that is now the subject of rapturous internet theories — all unproven — that it is a magic […]
Posted inCOVID, News
Coronavirus vaccines are rolling out across the world. So why are CSU scientists still working to develop new ones?
At his lab in the shadow of the hogbacks west of Fort Collins, Ray Goodrich has never been busier. “Lots of progress has been made across the board!” he beamed. A little over a year ago, Goodrich and several other scientists at Colorado State University dropped what they were doing and devoted their full attention […]