School of Pharmacy

What The Industry Knew About Sugar’s Health Effects, But Didn’t Tell Us

Tue Nov 28, 2017

UCSF lab sends filters to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

Mon Nov 27, 2017
staff member holds one water filter and a thank you note.
Centro Neumologia Pediatrica, Puerto Rico

Clinic staff member at Centro Neumologia Pediatrica, Puerto Rico’s largest pediatric pulmonary clinic, expressed thanks for the delivery of 484 water filters. Each filter can clean up to 295 gallons of water per day.

Burchard Lab colleagues step up to help residents of the island get fresh water.

Hiding in plain sight

Tue Nov 21, 2017
closeup of human eye
A tiny implant promises to simplify how glaucoma drugs are administered, making life easier for aging patients.

Biopolymers Murray Goodman Memorial Prize Winner 2017: William F. DeGrado

Mon Nov 13, 2017

Implantable Artificial Kidney Moves Closer to Reality

Mon Nov 13, 2017

Advanced practice pharmacists are ready

Thu Nov 9, 2017
Kroon
Elisabeth Fall

Lisa Kroon, PharmD, professor and chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF School of Pharmacy

Pharmacists are going to be more integral to health care teams in the future.

A Quest: Insulin-Releasing Implant For Type-1 Diabetes

Tue Nov 7, 2017

UCSF School of Pharmacy joins data-sharing partnership to speed cancer drugs

Thu Nov 2, 2017
supercomputers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

A supercomputer in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will be used in Project ATOM, a new public-private project that aims to speed discovery of new drug therapies.

A pioneering public/private consortium is poised to turn the marathon of drug discovery into a team relay, maybe even a short one.

Avoid these common drugs if you’re over 65

Wed Nov 1, 2017

Computer models speed UCSF scientists toward psychiatric drug discoveries

Mon Oct 23, 2017
graphic model of molecule
For decades, scientists have wanted to be able to study dopamine receptors one by one. The brain’s dopamine receptors are responsible for a variety of behaviors, such as reward seeking, and are also involved in psychiatric illnesses like schizophrenia.

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