Research and Practice

Author: Toni Shears Media Contact: Lindsay Groth, Director of Marketing and Communications, [email protected] A groundbreaking study from the University of Michigan has revealed a potential new treatment for food allergies, offering hope to millions worldwide. The research, led by a team of scientists, introduces an innovative therapy based on dietary fiber gel that addresses the […]

Dr. Mydy, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, studied the biosynthesis of a class of macrocyclic peptides found in plants with potential use as therapeutic drugs. She identified a fascinating new protein fold that “has a really unusual mechanism to form cyclic peptides. It is new biochemistry that we have not […]

A paper from a team of University of Michigan pharmacy residents, students and faculty won the Editor’s Choice Award from the journal Pharmacotherapy. Lauren Spreen (PGY1 2022), Emma Dittmar (PharmD 2023), Kyle Quirk (PharmD, PGY1, PGY2) and Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Michael Smith analyzed standard and emerging strategies for initiating use of buprenorphine to […]

A key focus of Precision Health, drug gene interactions (DGIs) occur when a patient’s genome impacts how their body processes a drug.  “Reducing DGIs is important because it could help to decrease the likelihood that an individual experiences side effects to some medications or could help identify a medication that is more likely to work […]

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 these compounds naturally.  The findings, published July 25 in Nature Chemistry, could lead to more efficient production of antibiotics that are effective against drug-resistant bacteria. The team started […]

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 supplements they take, so they can look for safety risks and ways to save money or streamline their doses. But a […]

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 cancer to COVID-19 is a time-consuming, laborious process. To that end, University of Michigan researchers found a simple method for identifying nanobodies with drug-like properties suitable for preventing SARS-CoV-2 […]

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 gastrointestinal tract—collectively called the gut microbiome—are connected to overall health, and specifically to cancer. Manipulating the gut microbiome to produce “beneficial” commensal microbes, which protect the host from […]

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 of Michigan College of Pharmacy has undergone significant changes.  Students are practicing distant learning, utilizing new technologies during in-person classes, working in the lab in shifts, and […]

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 drugs. Some of those pills, capsules and tablets may interact with one another in ways that could put them at risk. But a […]