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Good Housekeeping: How to Combat Inflammaging, the Aging Side Effect No One Talks About
It turns out that inflammaging is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, kidney disease, diabetes, cancer, depression and dementia. “The rise in rates of these conditions are the by-products of a longer life span,” says Nicole Ehrhart, V.M.D., the director of Colorado State University’s Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging, which coordinates the university’s interdisciplinary research teams focused on aging. “
CBS News: Lakota tribal members to meet with Colorado State University 1 year after buffalo revitalization
Lakota tribal members will meet Thursday at the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins to continue the buffalo revitalization partnership that began one year ago. The tribal members are traveling from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. On Thursday, tribal members will team up with veterinarians and professors of agriculture at CSU for the annual "round-up" where the animals will be tagged, vaccinated and blood-tested.
Coloradoan: This new Colorado law will let vet techs do more amid veterinarian shortage
"CSU is committed to educating the next generation of veterinary professionals, and we applaud any effort to move the needle to address the veterinary care shortage in the state." -Dean Sue VandeWoude
Case Western Reserve Daily: Case Western Reserve University awarded federal contract to develop and commercialize ‘live’ replacement joints
The OMEGA team is a multi-center group led by Case Western Reserve and includes Colorado State University, The Ohio State University, Rice University and Washington State University.
Newsweek: Leprosy Is Spreading in Florida
"Besides humans, M. leprae is known to infect armadillos, red squirrels in the U.K. and chimpanzees in the West African countries of Guinea Bissau and Ivory Coast," John Stewart Spencer, an associate professor and leprosy researcher at Colorado State University, told Newsweek.
ASM: New Enzymatic Cocktail Kills Tuberculosis-Causing Mycobacteria
According to study coauthor Richard Slayden, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at Colorado State University, the new therapy complements current standard-of-care drugs and does not have many of the drug-drug interactions that are problematic with many anti-mycobacterial drugs in use.
AgProud: Using genetics to manage heart failure or brisket disease in feedlots
“A great deal of work on brisket disease and pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) scores has been done at Colorado State University,” Glaze adds. Dr. Tim Holt has worked to develop and deliver tests for brisket disease, and Dr. Mark Enns and Dr. Scott Speidel have worked closely with the phenotypic and genetic aspects of brisket disease and have been involved in the genetic evaluation of the condition.
Colorado Sun: Bat infected with disease that could devastate Colorado’s ecosystem is found in Longmont
The sick bat appeared to be dehydrated with brittle wings and couldn’t fly when a wildlife rehabber collected it from the Longmont bike path Feb. 29, CPW said. CPW collected biological samples and submitted them for testing at Colorado State University, which confirmed the presence of white-nose fungus in the bat.
Joints that could heal themselves? Researchers could get there in five years
A team of researchers from Colorado State University and two other Colorado campuses has been awarded up to $39 million to develop novel treatments for osteoarthritis, a painful and disabling degenerative joint disease that impacts more than 32.5 million people in the U.S.
Washington State University: College alumni receive distinguished honors
Dr. Khursheed Mama (‘89 DVM) will be awarded the Excellence in Teaching and Research Alumni Award. Dr. Mama has left an indelible mark on the profession through her roles as clinician-scientist, mentor, teacher, and leader.