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Mark Harden

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Mark Harden’s Biography

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I am a Colorado writer and editor with decades of experience at print and digital news outlets. Currently I’m a writer for the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine communications team.

Previously I was editor-in-chief at Colorado Community Media when it was a family of 24 newspapers; managing editor of Colorado Politics magazine; news director, digital editor and reporter at the Denver Business Journal; and city editor, online news editor and national-foreign editor at The Denver …

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Living a Long Life With HIV: CU Research and Care Strive for Successful Aging

Living a Long Life With HIV: CU Research and Care Strive for Successful Aging

When HIV first emerged in the 1980s, there were no treatments and no cure. Today, dying with HIV has mostly t…

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40 Years of Preventing and Conquering Cancer

40 Years of Preventing and Conquering Cancer

From humble beginnings, the CU Cancer Center has grown into a leading center for research, clinical care, edu…

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A new chapter: Coming to terms with a gruesome legacy

A new chapter: Coming to terms with a gruesome legacy

A book once revered by white people and put on proud display at a Denver seminary later became an object of s…

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THE SHIFTING SUBURBS | Democrats, unaffiliateds on the rise in counties rin...

THE SHIFTING SUBURBS | Democrats, unaffiliateds on the rise in counties rin...

For decades, the path to victory in Colorado elections has led through the suburban counties ringing Denver —…

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Many cities have tried pedestrian malls, but most have failed

Many cities have tried pedestrian malls, but most have failed

The idea of a downtown pedestrian corridor didn't begin with Denver's 16th Street Mall. It wasn't even the f…

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Colorado's big ideas that went bust

Colorado's big ideas that went bust

Human beings are dreamers. Sometimes dreams come true; sometimes they turn into nightmares. And sometimes, dr…

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Teaming Up to Overcome Cancer’s Resistance to Therapies

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By Mark Harden Verified
| Health Science Radio
A multidisciplinary team project focusing on the role played by an enzyme in helping cancer cells resist two major types of treatment has been awarded a two-year grant under a program to foster team-science research at the University of Colorado Anschutz. The project is led by CU Anschutz Cancer Center member James Costello, PhD, associate professor in the CU Anschutz Department of Pharmacology and co-director of the cancer center’s Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource.
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Time Toxicity: Weighing the Benefits of Cancer Therapies Against Time Demands on Patients

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By Mark Harden Verified
| Health Science Radio
When talking about treatments for cancer, much of the conversation focuses on whether drugs are safe and effective. But for patients, there’s another important factor: Time. People weighing therapy for advanced cancer face a number of time-related questions: How long will it take them to get to and from a clinic to receive treatment? How long will they be at the clinic for infusions, appointments, scans, and bloodwork? How long will it take to resume normal activities after treatments?
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‘A Quite Fascinating Problem’: A Renowned CU Anschutz Scientist Helps Unlock HIV’s Secrets

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In the quarter-century that Mamuka Kvaratskhelia, PhD, has been studying HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, and hunting for ways to defeat it, he has reached a conclusion about his adversary. “HIV is smarter than us,” he says. “It's a tiny, tiny virus, but it's very complex. We’re still trying to figure it out and develop new drugs against it, because this tiny virus has evaded vaccines and developed resistance to amazing drugs we have been using against it. We still don't have a cure for HIV.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Covering education as a part-time reporter for the Millbrae (Calif.) Sun and Burlingame Leader while in college.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Ye. I still have my dad's Woodstock.

How is social media changing news?

The good: Real-time updates on breaking news, sourcing. The bad: An increasingly polluted cesspool of misinformation. Be careful out there.
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