Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently awarded convalescent plasma emergency use authorization (EUA), investigators at the University of New Mexico (UNM) recently stopped a clinical trial earlier in the month after discovering no benefit to...
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University of New Mexico’s Dr. Michelle Hawkins to Lead two COVID-19 Clinical Trials
The University of New Mexico Hospital will commence two clinical trials to take on COVID-19. The first trial deals with patients struggling with pneumonia symptoms while the other is for those with no such symptoms. In both cases, patients must be hospitalized. Those...
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Ramps up COVID-19 Vaccine Research
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (HSC) is among a number of research institutions around the world in a race to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. As there is an increase of presumptive positive cases in the State of New Mexico, the...
University of New Mexico (UNM) Reports on its AsthmaNet Study Participation & Findings on African American Youth
University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center investigators recently participated in a new study that found that African American children with asthma respond differently to commonly used asthma treatments compared with white children, and older children and...
University of New Mexico Researchers to Collaborate with Native Americans for Better Health Outcomes
University of New Mexico researchers has been awarded a grant to help them treat Native Americans to fight kidney disease. University of New Mexico professor Dr. Raj. Shah and his team found Native Americans struggle with higher death rates from kidney disease. The...
University of New Mexico Secures $2.5m to Support Native American Populations Struggling with Chronic Kidney Disease in the Region
The University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences has received an award of $2.5 million over five years to research chronic kidney disease risk factors among Native Americans in the southwestern United States. The funds originate from the National Institutes of...