Researchers at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus have found the brains of mice used in laboratories worldwide can be profoundly affected by the type of cage they are kept in, a breakthrough that may require scientists to reevaluate the way they conduct future experiments.
“We assume that mice used in laboratories are all the same, but they are not,” said Diego Restrepo, director of the Neuroscience Program and professor of cell and developmental biology whose paper on the subject was published Tuesday, June 29. “When you change the cages you change the brains and that affects the outcomes of research.”

David Kelly | June 29, 2010

Cancer patients in Colorado scored a big win today as Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signed two bills into law that increase their access to anti-cancer therapies.

Staff | May 16, 2010

The American Cancer Society today launched its Patient Navigator Program at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, thanks to support received from AstraZeneca. This is the 4th Patient Navigator Program site, and the 4th in Colorado as part of a strategic nationwide effort to significantly extend the reach of this innovative program and assist individual cancer patients in negotiating the health care system.

Erika Matich | March 11, 2010

Dr. Dan Theodorescu, a cancer researcher and urologic surgeon, has been named director of theUniversity of Colorado Cancer Center, the Rocky Mountain region’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center.

Caitlin Jenney | December 18, 2009

Karen H. Sousa, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor and associate dean for Research & Extramural Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver’s College of Nursing, was recently inducted into the American Academy of Nursing as a 2009 Fellow, one of nursing’s highest honors.

Caitlin Jenney | November 23, 2009

Two thirds of the American population is overweight or obese. A recent study showed the medical cost of obesity for 2008 to be as high as $147 billion and also found that obesity leads to many other medical problems including diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.

Jackie Brinkman | August 26, 2009

The Colorado WIN Partners at the University of Colorado Denver's School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics is contracting with the Colorado Depatment of Labor and Employment to manage the operation of the Work, Education and Lifelong Learning Center (WELLS Center), a state-of-the-art health care simulation training facility at the Colorado Science and Technology Park at Fitzsimons in Aurora.  Key leaders from the health care industry, education and workforce development established the WELLS Center in 2005 to develop and deliver health care simulation curriculum and training incorporating highly sophisticated human patient simulators for hands-on training application.

Staff | August 14, 2009

The University of Colorado Denver’s School of Dental Medicine announced today a new gift aimed at improving children’s oral health. The Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation has pledged $1.5 million to create an endowed chair in Early Childhood Caries Research. Caries, also known as tooth decay or cavities, is the most common chronic disease of children aged six to 11. Caries is largely preventable.

Jacque Montgomery | August 12, 2009

The answers to the mysteries of multiple sclerosis (MS) may one day be found in an area where research has yet to explore. Blood. Today, the Rocky Mountain MS Center located at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus became home to a new program that will collect blood samples of people with MS and their families. The blood bank will be the ninth repository for the Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis which is building the largest openly accessible, multi-disciplinary repository every assembled for us in MS research.

Jacque Montgomery | August 12, 2009

Gift brings total giving from Avon to $7 million

Staff | July 07, 2009