Categories: Research

Aweeka study details impact of HIV drugs on malaria treatment in children

Thu Aug 25, 2016
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Sub-Saharan Africa is home to a billion people and to overlapping health burdens, including the world’s highest rates of both malaria and HIV infection.

Designer Agent Blocks Pain in Mice Without Morphine’s Side Effects

Mon Aug 22, 2016

Scientists design a drug that relieves pain like an opioid without some dangerous side effects

Thu Aug 18, 2016

Genetic Insights About Health Risks Limited By Lack Of Diversity, Study Finds

Thu Aug 18, 2016

A Big Step Forward in the Quest for a Better Painkiller

Thu Aug 18, 2016

Agent kills pain like morphine but loses some side effects

Thu Aug 18, 2016

Gene variant explains differences in diabetes drug response

Thu Aug 18, 2016

Shoichet co-led research develops safer, potentially less addictive painkiller

Wed Aug 17, 2016
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Elisabeth Fall

Brian Shoichet, PhD

Research co-led by UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Brian Shoichet, PhD, has developed a new opioid drug candidate that blocks pain as effectively as morphine in mice, without triggering dangerous side effects, and also apparently without the addictive properties of current prescription...

Giacomini co-led study finds gene variant affecting response to leading diabetes drug

Tue Aug 9, 2016
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Study co-lead author Sook Wah Yee, PhD, of Giacomini Lab

Metformin is the most widely used initial medication for controlling blood sugar (glucose) in type 2 diabetes, a disease affecting 350 million people worldwide. The drug helps reduce their risk of complications leading to heart, eye, and kidney disease.

Weaver’s research featured in Cell Stem Cell

Mon Jul 25, 2016
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graphical abstract: Weaver

Research results from the lab of Valerie Weaver, PhD, were reported online July 21, 2016 in Cell Stem Cell.

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