Research

Firsts

• CU researchers developed both the new, more effective shingles vaccine, and the older one, too.​
• A low supply of ovarian eggs is not an indication that a woman will have fertility problems, CU doctors say.​
• Down syndrome can be categorized as an immune system disorder based on a study involving thousands of blood samples, CU researchers say.
• CU studies show that celiac disease is much more prevalent than previously believed, leading some proponents to push for routine screening to prevent health complications.
• Researchers at the School of Medicine have designed mice that do not get fat when on a high-fat diet – a breakthrough that could address obesity in humans because humans have the same gene.
• A CU Cancer Center study published in 2013 shows that bitter melon juice restricts pancreatic cancer cells from metabolizing glucose, thus cutting their energy source. 
• School of Medicine professor Iñigo San Millán, PhD, is applying his research by working with the Colorado Buffaloes football team to improve player performance.
• School of Medicine research, published in 2013,  found that dietary supplements of choline – a nutrient in liver, fish, nuts and eggs – during pregnancy lowers physiological risk factors of schizophrenia in infants. The first human liver transplant was performed by a surgical team from the CU School of Medicine.
• School of Medicine researchers led the identification of child abuse with the publication in 1962 of their paper The Battered-Child Syndrome.
• The “Visible Human Project,” a detailed, digital-image, 3-D representation of the human body, was led by the School of Medicine.