Pharmaceutical Sciences

College of Pharmacy researchers in the lab of Guizhi (Julian) Zhu have developed a promising new weapon in the war on cancer: small circular mRNA vaccines.

The Larry and Ann Hsu professorship was established in 2016 thanks to a generous gift from Dr. Chung-Chiang (Larry) Hsu and his wife Fung-Hwa (Ann) Hsu.

This prestigious distinction is given to an AFPE mentor who exemplifies the characteristics of ongoing learning, a willingness to share expertise and provides guidance with respect.

The study, conducted on mice, found that the inulin gel, specifically formulated with an allergen, normalized the imbalanced intestinal microbiota and metabolites in allergic mice.

[Ann Arbor, August 31st 2023] — In a viral infection, the B lymphocytes in the body immune system can recognize viruses and produce antibodies to fight off viruses, which is an essential body defense mechanism against many natural viral infections.  This process is also the basis for the development of many modern antiviral vaccines, however, […]

The Michigan Pharmacy community came together on Friday, February 9 at the College’s annual Research Forum event. Karen Farris, PhD’93, associate dean for faculty affairs and graduate and undergraduate education, Charles R. Walgreen III Professor of Pharmacy Administration, welcomed attendees at the morning presentation session at the North Campus Research Complex. Two fellows and four […]

Duxin Sun, PhD’02, associate dean for research, Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professor of Pharmacy, and professor of pharmaceutical sciences, has been named a 2023 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS fellows are chosen by their peers for their “scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.” […]

The University of Michigan Board of Regents have approved the appointment of Duxin Sun, PhD’02, as the College’s associate dean for research, effective September 1, 2022. Dr. Sun earned his PhD in pharmaceutical sciences from U-M in 2002. He worked in academia and industry before returning to the College in 2008 as an associate professor. […]

The laboratory of Peter Tessier, PhD, Albert M. Mattocks Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in collaboration with Dr. Jennifer Linderman’s laboratory in Chemical Engineering at Michigan, has published a novel approach for therapeutic antibody engineering in Nature Communications.  Antibody therapeutics, which are used to treat a wide variety of diseases, are expensive to develop. “Contributing to […]

By Laura Bailey, Michigan News Service  A new study from the University of Michigan describes one of the first entirely new drug delivery microencapsulation approaches in decades.  Study: Efficient aqueous remote loading of peptides in poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Microencapsulation in biodegradable polymers allows drugs such as peptide therapeutics to be released over time in the body. Peptides […]