Scientists Develop Greener, More Efficient Method for Producing Next-Generation Antibiotics
July 28, 2022
Written By: Emily Kagey, Life Sciences Institute An international team of researchers has developed a method for altering one class of antibiotics, using microscopic organisms that produce...
Older Adults Are Missing Out on a Crucial Medication Review Service
July 21, 2022
By Kara Gavin  For more than 15 years, Medicare Part D plans have paid for eligible older adults to meet with a pharmacist or other healthcare provider and go over all the medicines and...
Common Plant Fiber Gel Doubled Rate of Tumor Eradication
July 1, 2021
By: Laura Bailey Read the original article on the Michigan News Service's website. Many people don’t realize that the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi residing within the...
New Protein Engineering Method Could Accelerate the Discovery of COVID-19 Therapeutics
July 1, 2021
By: Laura Bailey  Read the originial article on the Michigan News Service's website. Discovering and engineering nanobodies with properties suitable for treating human diseases ranging from...
Pharmacy Researchers Investigate Multi-Dimensional COVID-19 Solutions
November 23, 2020
As the world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, most Americans have seen large shifts in their daily lives. Similarly, research, practice, and education within the University...
Clashing Medications Can Put Older Adults at Risk, but Many Haven’t Had a Pharmacist Check for Safety Concerns
October 7, 2020
Two-thirds of older adults rely on at least two prescription drugs, and more than half take two or more non-prescription drugs or supplements. And two in ten take five or more prescription...
Dr. Jasmine Luzum Publishes Review of Pharmacogenomics for COVID-19 Therapies
September 3, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact global health and safety. Numerous drugs are under expedited investigations, without well-established safety or efficacy data. Jasmine Luzum, PharmD...
Drug That Calms 'Cytokine Storm' Linked to Lower Risk of Death Among COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators
July 13, 2020
Critically ill COVID-19 patients who received a single dose of a drug that calms an overreacting immune system were 45% less likely to die overall, compared with those who didn't receive the...
First Paper Published by the Cernak Lab Featured in Nature
April 1, 2020
Recently featured in Nature, “A map of the amine-carboxylic acid coupling system” opens the door to a new field of drug discovery. Until now, the coupling of an amine with a carboxylic acid...
Adverse Medication Events in Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Those Without
January 29, 2020
Recently published in the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), “Adverse Medication Events Related to Hospitalization in the United States: A Comparison...
SPARC Pledges Up To $10 Million For Drug Development Research at University of Michigan
January 13, 2020
Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company (SPARC) and the University of Michigan are collaborating to kickstart research and development  of potential new medications. The international...
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception by Effervescent Microneedle Patch
November 18, 2019
Recently published in Science Advances, “long-acting reversible contraception by effervescent microneedle patch” describes a new contraceptive patch with biodegradable microneedles that...
Lasting Tumor Regression of Leukemia and Lymphoma in Mouse Models Achieved by U-M Compound
November 14, 2019
By Ian Demsky  For decades, a transcription factor known as STAT3 has been a major therapeutic target in the treatment of cancer. But STAT3 has largely been considered “undruggable” due to...
Research Feature - Amy N. Thompson
October 7, 2019
According to the CDC, almost 1 in 10 Americans have diabetes, and 90% to 95% of them have type 2 diabetes. “Our study was aimed to evaluate the financial impact of self-monitoring of blood...
Research Feature - Amy Pasternak
October 7, 2019
“Pediatric brain cancers traditionally have limited treatment options with poor treatment responses,” notes Amy Pasternak, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Assistant Professor. “An increased focus on...
Research Feature - James Moon
October 7, 2019
James Moon, PhD, John G. Searle Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, with fellow Pharmacy staff Jutaek Nam, PhD, Chemist Senior, and Sejin Son, Assistant Research Scientist,...
Research Feature - Daniel Hertz
October 7, 2019
“Paclitaxel is a chemotherapeutic agent used in many cancer types including early stage breast cancer. Paclitaxel treatment is disrupted in about 25% of patients to prevent worsening of an...
Research Feature - Timothy Cernak
October 7, 2019
Computers have shrunk in size and grown in power, all due to the magic of miniaturization. You likely have a smartphone in your pocket, which was made possible through miniaturization of...
Research Feature - Anna Schwendeman
October 7, 2019
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive primary brain tumor, for which there is currently no cure. The joint project between the laboratories of Dr. Maria Castro and Anna Schwendeman,...
Dr. Tim Cernak Featured in Chemical and Engineering News
September 21, 2018
This article was originally posted by Chemical and Engineering News. See the full article on their website. Chemists hand off reaction optimization to automated ‘plug and play’ flow system...
Delivering Cancer Treatment on a Nanodisc Helps Eliminate Tumors
April 19, 2018
In the wrestling match with cancer, chemoimmunotherapy is the new strong arm, and it is building muscle with a nanodisc disguised as “good cholesterol.” Researchers at the University of...
A New Treatment Strategy Against Metastatic Cancer
March 29, 2018
Despite decades of research, it has been challenging to develop an effective cancer therapy that can eliminate large solid tumors as well as metastatic tumors, while preventing recurrence....
Cheng Laboratory Featured on Cover of Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
September 19, 2016
Label-free detection and manipulation of single biological nanoparticles was selected as the cover artwork in the current issue of Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and...
FDA Awards $4.35 Million in Contracts to College of Pharmacy
February 8, 2016
At the end of 2015, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) funded three separate contracts to Drs. Amidon, Schwendeman, and Sun, all in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the...
Newly Published Reports from the Rosania Research Group Describe Macrophages and their Drug-Sequestering Habits
August 14, 2015
The Rosania Research Group at the College of Pharmacy has published four reports detailing the pharmacological, immunological, and optical analyses on macrophage-targeted drug sequestration....

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