Microbiome

Microbiome may unlock the secrets of aging

Feb. 10, 2021

CU Boulder-led research seeks to understand the connection between microbiome and aging.

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Why do psychiatric drugs help some, but not others? New study offers clues

Jan. 29, 2021

A new CU Boulder study shows that a key protein involved in learning and memory formation functions differently in males than in females.

doctors walking down a hallway in a hospital

Different paths lead pre-med students to found organ donation effort

Nov. 12, 2020

A mutual desire to serve their communities prompted the creation of the CU Boulder initiative for United Network for Organ Sharing.

Red meat

What makes arteries age? Study explores new link to gut bacteria, diet

July 10, 2020

A compound produced in the gut when we eat red meat damages our arteries and may play a key role in boosting risk of heart disease as we get older, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research.

alarm clock

One silver lining: Sleep improving under stay-at-home orders

June 18, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders have taken a toll on many facets of physical and mental health in recent months. But according to new University of Colorado Boulder research, one silver lining may exist.

Maureen McNamara

Nobel winner sparks senior’s love of space medicine

March 31, 2020

‘I fell in love with space that day. I didn’t even know I liked space,’ student Maureen McNamara notes

A hospital bed

Coronavirus control measures aren’t pointless – just slowing down the pandemic could save millions of lives

March 12, 2020

With many regions of the United States and other countries seeing community members spreading COVID-19 locally, the world has entered a phase of mitigation to complement efforts to contain its spread.

Noel Clark of physics, Stephen Graham Jones of English, Robert Pasnau of philosophy, and Kenneth P. Wright Jr. of integrative physiology. 

Newly minted professors of distinction to be celebrated

Jan. 24, 2020

In Feb. 3 event, professors of physics, English, philosophy and integrative physiology to be officially recognized

sleepy

If your sleep is out of whack, so are you

Sept. 11, 2019

If you are a person who is proud of burning the candle at both ends—say, a college student—and surviving on less than optimal sleep, here’s a message you might not want to hear: You can’t fool Mother Nature.

provost Russ Moore signing the beam

Integrative physiology building gets ‘topped out’ and feted

June 27, 2019

Popular program to get improved digs with $21.8 million facility expansion.

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