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It’s not all that often scientists, within the field of biology, discover a new cellular process, but Vojo Deretic, Ph.D., can speak from experience and he will as he shares the breakthrough and central importance of autophagy with colleagues,...

The sky is literally the limit for the Department of Health, Exercise & Sports Science researchers huddled up in the space next to Carlisle Gym.  You may miss the bright turquoise door when walking by, but inside, lies one of the most unique pieces of...

It’s never too late to start exercising. That’s been an adage tossed around by health experts for decades.  While there are different recommendations for different age groups for how often and how long one should exercise, the bottom line has typically...

Forty-two percent of people say they can’t work out because they don’t have the time, according to a 2019 poll. Seventy percent in another poll said they don’t have a routine that works for them. Another reported 15 percent of people are just not happy...

A new center at The University of New Mexico will focus on innovative ways to help people overcome experiences with chronic pain or opioid use. Researchers at UNM’s Center on Alcohol, Substance Use and Addiction (CASAA) received a grant for more than $10...

Daryl Domman, assistant professor at The University of New Mexico Center for Global Health, and Darrell Dinwiddie, assistant professor in the UNM Department of Pediatrics, have discovered a novel variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus among COVID-19-positive...

The Lobo basketball teams host the Third Annual Diaper Drive, benefitting the UNM Children’s Hospital, exclusively online. The Lobo women’s Diaper Drive began with the game against Fresno State on Jan. 28. Next Wednesday’s Lobo men’s hoops game against...

In commitment to community health, The University of New Mexico is permitting employees to use compensated work hours to staff a COVID vaccine clinic at The Pit. The newly created UNM Health COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at The Pit is enabling UNM...

Voters in New Mexico once again gave higher education in the State of New Mexico a stamp of approval with the passage of General Obligation (GO) Bond C. The $155 million bond that will provide funding for more than 60 projects at colleges and...

University of New Mexico faculty, staff, students and health professionals are volunteering to use their research skills to gather the latest info in COVID-19 research to share with the governor’s office to help guide decision-making in the...