As John Spencer looked out at the friends, family, colleagues, former students and rec league soccer players gathered at a local sports bar Thursday to toast to Ian Orme, he knew one thing: "He would have loved this... He had a big heart. He cared about everybody.”
Brazilians who hunt or eat armadillos are at a higher risk of catching leprosy than people who don’t interact with the animals, a new study finds.
“Armadillos are kind of a delicacy—think about it like lobster,” says John Spencer, an immunologist who has researched leprosy for years at Colorado State University and led the study.
An international team of researchers has found that human contact with wild armadillos has contributed to extremely high infection rates of a pathogen that can cause leprosy.
Orme, a Colorado State University Distinguished Professor, was one of the world’s leading experts in tuberculosis and immunology.
More than 50 high school students spent March 26 on CSU's Foothills Campus to mark World TB Day.
A panel will explore the definition of facts, how the concept of facts affects our daily lives and concepts of "fake news," "alternative" facts, beliefs and opinions. Participating faculty include Karen Dobos, associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology.
Jessie Haugen Frenkel and Alexandra Todd are hoping to make science fashionable. They want to empower women, promote disease prevention and support research.