Research Day highlights importance of scientific collaboration
More than 100 undergraduates, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows presented their investigations at CVMBS Research Day.
Tag: "Research"
World TB Day: Microbiology labs open doors to area high school students
High school students can meet CSU researchers, clinicians, and public-health officials who work on TB in humans and natural animal hosts, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday, March 25.
Making tongues go mainstream is goal of open-source, CSU-created product
The Cthulhu Shield is a circuit board connected to a mouthpiece, outfitted with electrodes that send electrical impulses to the tongue.
Veterinary Practice News: Widening the scope of laparoscopy
Diagnostics—liver, pancreatic, kidney, and intestinal biopsies—are another big application, according David Twedt, DVM, DACVIM, a professor of clinical sciences at Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Even laparoscopic-assisted surgical procedures, such as intestinal foreign body removal, are gaining traction, he added.
Today's Veterinary Practice: Survey: What U.S. Veterinarians Know About Medical Marijuana
“I think these results add support to the idea that many veterinarians are looking favorably at cannabinoids as an alternative treatment for several things including pain, seizures and anxiety,” says Dr. Lori Kogan, one of the authors of the survey report.
5280 Magazine: Should Coloradans Be Worried About Tick-Borne Illnesses?
The deadliest tick-borne disease has Colorado roots. Powassan virus—which is fatal in 10 percent of cases and leaves half of its victims with brain damage—hasn’t been detected in a Coloradan. But scientists first isolated it from a tick found along the Cache la Poudre River in 1952, six years before the first known human case (in Ontario), says Powassan expert Dr. Gregory Ebel of Colorado State University.
Equus: What your horse's hair whirls and whorls may mean
In a recent pilot study, Colorado State University researchers set out to determine whether the orientation of a whorl—clockwise or counterclockwise—indicates a horse’s propensity to favor his right or left side.
Three minutes to win it: Vice President for Research hosts 'Three Minute Challenge'
Inspired by an international competition called the Three Minute Thesis, CSU's Three Minute Challenge will take place Feb. 11.
TCTMD: Veterinarian-Cardiologist Teamwork Could Speed Device Innovation, Training
Brian Scansen, DVM, is an associate professor of cardiology and the section head of cardiology and cardiac surgery at the Colorado State University James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital. For more than a decade, he’s been forging ties with human cardiologists to build what he believes could be a fruitful collaboration for both specialties. [TCTMD (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics) is produced by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.]
Indianapolis Star: What we know about CBD oil and how it can be legally used in Indiana
The AKC Canine Health Foundation also is sponsoring a study, through Colorado State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, to evaluate the use of CBD oil in treatment-resistant dogs with epilepsy.