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<p>Successfully treating and reversing the effects of multiple sclerosis, or MS, may one day be possible using a drug originally developed to treat chronic pain, according to Distinguished Professor Linda Watkins of the University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï.</p>

<p>A University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï-led study shows that specific types of stem cells transplanted into the leg muscles of mice prevented the loss of muscle function and mass that normally occurs with aging, a finding with potential uses in treating humans with chronic, degenerative muscle diseases.</p>

<p>University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï faculty member Ivan Smalyukh is one of only 100 men and women in the United States to be awarded a coveted 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE.</p>

<p>Melt water flowing through ice sheets via crevasses, fractures and large drains called moulins can carry warmth into ice sheet interiors, greatly accelerating the thermal response of an ice sheet to climate change, according to a new study involving the University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï.</p>

<p>A highly skillful and delicate method of sharpening and retouching stone artifacts by prehistoric people appears to have been developed at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï.</p>

<p>NASA's space shuttle Discovery will make its swan song flight Nov. 1 carrying two University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï-built biomedical payload devices, including one to help scientists better understand changes in the virulence of nasty bacteria in the low gravity of space as a way to help researchers prevent or control infectious diseases.</p>

<p>Two University of Colorado faculty members have received prestigious National Science Foundation Early Career Development, or CAREER awards.</p>

<p>Taylor Roberts, a University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï senior majoring in architectural engineering, is an example of the growing number of CU-°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï students who are civically engaged.</p>

<p>Former space shuttle astronaut Richard Truly will present University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï junior Minh Trong Than with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation during a free public campus event on Monday, Oct. 18.</p>

<p>University of Colorado at °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï Professor Douglas R. Seals has amassed scientific evidence indicating that exercise, weight loss, good nutrition and salt restriction can cut your chances of getting cardiovascular disease, the United States' No. 1 killer.</p>