Pharmacology Archives

This discovery could lead to new therapeutic strategies for multiple diseases.

The prestigious honor recognizes biochemist Jean Cook, PhD, and her work on cancer development and the human cell cycle, a biological process crucial for development, healing, and continued maintenance of the body.

The newly revamped Center, located in the Thurston Bowles Building, is buzzing with undergraduates and high school students looking to get a head start on their scientific careers.

Dissociation of G protein from drug-bound GPCR (orange) is captured in accelerated molecular dynamics simulations, starting from the bound (blue) to free state (red), with a trace of its C-terminal residue colored in a blue-white-red scale.

UNC researchers discovered how a key step in cell signaling works by showing exactly how G proteins detach from receptors that many common medicines target.

A new study published in Neuron, led by Juan Song, PhD, sheds light on how Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain. The findings could lead to new forms of therapy.

Experts at the UNC School of Medicine played a pivotal role in the approval of a new medication for pediatric patients that could also be used to treat other types of cancer.

Published in Neuron, new research demonstrates how a high-fat diet, even short-term, can rapidly affect brain health, but there are ways to reverse this and prevent long-term cognitive decline.

Experts at the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy are focused on a pain drug candidate that can target an area of the brain that controls the ‘unpleasantness’ associated with pain.

Rahima Benhabbour, PhD, a tenured associate professor of biomedical engineering, is developing the first 3D-printed intravaginal ring, revolutionizing how women receive treatments for infertility, HIV, menopause, and more.

Using technology first designed by Bryan L. Roth, MD, PhD, the Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have engineered a molecular technology that can turn off pain receptors.

Yinglong Miao, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and computational medicine, has been named editor-in-chief of npj Drug Discover, part of the Nature portfolio of journals.

The UNC School of Medicine lab of Bryan Roth, MD, PhD, and colleagues at UCSF, Stanford and Harvard determined that a protein prediction technology can yield accurate results in the hunt to efficiently find the best possible drug candidates for many conditions.

Category: Pharmacology

UNC Scientists Reveal Molecular Details That Make Coffee Taste Bitter

Cook Elected to 2025 AAAS Class of Honorary Fellows

Finding Confidence and Opportunity within UNC’s Center for Molecular Medicine

UNC Scientists Discover How a Critical Signaling Step Works Inside Cells

Study Uncovers Brain Pathways Connected to Alzheimer’s Memory Loss and Mood Changes

UNC Lab Contributed to FDA Approval of First-of-its-Kind Medication for Pediatric Brain Tumor

Junk Food Puts Memory at Risk—Here’s How to Protect It

A New, Non-Addictive Painkiller is on the Horizon

Meet The Researcher Who Is Revolutionizing Women’s Health

Researchers Create Gene Therapy with Potential to Treat Peripheral Pain Conditions

Miao Named Editor-in-Chief of Nature Journal

Researchers Wrestle with Accuracy of AI Technology Used to Create New Drug Candidates