Categories: Research

Health care spending drops quickly with reduced smoking

Tue May 10, 2016
Lightwood
UCSF School of Pharmacy

James Lightwood, PhD

A new study lead-authored by UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member James Lightwood, PhD, has found that reducing smoking cuts health care spending, not just in the long- or immediate-term, but the very next year.

Research: Elusive drug targets; cell demolition enzymes; useful pharmacogenomics info

Thu May 5, 2016
Predicting difficult-to-detect drug binding sites

Chemical cocktail induces fibroblasts to become heart cells

Mon May 2, 2016

Research: pediatric meningitis dosing; cancer drug resistance; gene-testing economics

Fri Apr 29, 2016
Savic, Altschuler, Wu, Phillips.

Clockwise from top left: Rada Savic, PhD; Steven Altschuler, PhD; Lani Wu, PhD; Kathryn Phillips, PhD

Computer models provide optimal dosing for pediatric TB meningitis

Big stem cell news: dynamic duo of all-chemical direct reprogramming reports

Fri Apr 29, 2016

Chemicals used to turn skin cells into heart and brain cells

Thu Apr 28, 2016
Sheng Ding
Chris Goodfellow (Gladstone Institutes)

Sheng Ding, PhD (center), with Deepak Srivastava, MD (right), co-senior author of Science study, and Yadong Huang, MD, PhD (left), co-senior author Cell Stem Cell study.

In a major breakthrough, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, led by UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Sheng Ding, PhD, have transformed skin cells into heart and brain cells using combinations of chemicals.

Pharmacy Alumni Weekend report

Wed Apr 27, 2016
Alumni Weekend

Scientists find new way to inhibit growth of tuberculosis-causing bacterium

Mon Apr 18, 2016

Many Americans say higher prices don’t mean better healthcare

Mon Apr 18, 2016

Crean un riñón bio artificial [Create a bioartificial kidney]

Fri Apr 1, 2016

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