January 26, 2022
Pharmacist’s Update: COVID-19 Therapeutics
Current therapeutic options and resources to aid appropriate selection.
Category: Pharmacology
December 15, 2021
Scientists Unveil Drug Discovery Tool to Screen More Than 11 Billion Compounds
Scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill led by Bryan L. Roth, MD, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Southern California and Northeastern University, have created and validated V-SYNTHES – a computational method to quickly screen billions of theoretical compounds for researchers to explore as potential therapies. Their work was published in Nature.
December 7, 2021
AdvanTx- Two Drug Discovery Related External Funding Opportunities for Faculty
AdvanTx would like to distribute two external corporate collaboration opportunities for faculty - The Johnson and Johnson Quickfire Challenge for immune-mediated diseases and a Beta-Propellor Proteins Discovery Opportunity.
November 17, 2021
Researchers Reveal Structure of Itch Receptors on Cells
UNC-Chapel Hill and UC San Francisco scientists have published work in Nature, laying the groundwork for better anti-itching medications with fewer side effects. The work was led by UNC School of Medicine scientists Bryan L. Roth, MD, PhD, Jonathan Fay, PhD, and Can Cao, PhD.
October 18, 2021
Powerful Technique Allows Scientists to Study How Proteins Change Shape Inside Cells
This new method, created by the UNC School of Medicine labs of Klaus Hahn and Tim Elston, has the potential to super-charge the study of human proteins as they interact and change their conformations in fundamentally important ways in human health and disease.
April 28, 2021
NC State ASSIST and UNC Translational Research Collaborations RFA
UNC's NC TraCS and the Center for Advanced Self-powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at NC State is seeking highly innovative proposals that address high-impact unmet clinical needs using NC State’s ASSIST-developed technologies. The goal of this Special Emphasis is to match UNC providers’ expertise of clinical challenges and unmet needs, with engineering faculty at ASSIST seeking to develop novel technology applications.
April 28, 2021
The Graduate School Names Juanita Limas 2021 Recipient of Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service
The Graduate School has named Juanita Limas, PhD candidate in the Department of Pharmacology, as the 2021 recipient of the Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service.
March 18, 2021
Parsing Dopamine’s Different Pain Sensitivity Role in Males, Females
Researchers in the UNC School of Medicine Lab of Thomas Kash, PhD, published new findings in the journal Neuron showing how neurons in two brain regions use dopamine to promote pain responses differently in male and female mice.
November 7, 2019
UNC Hospitals’ Pharmacy Department Wins 2019 ACCC Innovator Award
The Innovator Awards recognize Association of Community Cancer Center member programs for their ingenuity and pioneering achievements in oncology. Innovations advance the goals of improving access, quality, and value in cancer care delivery.
April 4, 2018
How did Gonorrhea Become a Drug-resistant Superbug?
Scientists led by Rob Nicholas, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine show how the gonorrhea bacterium resists last-resort antibiotic ceftriaxone while maintaining a robust growth rate.