May 30, 2014

CSU center working on brain trauma prevention

Colorado State University’s Greg Miknis, associate director of the Colorado Center for Drug Discovery (C2D2), holds one of the powders a joint research group believes holds promise in treating traumatic brain injuries among combat veterans, football players and others. Jonathan Castner/for BizWest
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The Colorado Center for Drug Discovery, based at Colorado State University, is working with the University of Colorado-Denver School of Medicine to determine whether certain compounds in existing asthma drugs can reduce the severity of traumatic brain injuries. Jonathan Castner/for BizWest

FORT COLLINS – Injuries sustained by everyone from infants to soldiers could one day be much less traumatic, thanks to research being conducted with the help of the Colorado Center for Drug Discovery, a state-funded program located at Colorado State University.

The drug research center, or C2D2, has developed preliminary…

Molly Armbrister
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