Pharmaceuticals
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May 11, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA College of Pharmacy graduates 121 students
The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy graduated 121 doctor of pharmacy students in ceremonies held May 5 in Athens. Of those students, 70 graduated with honors, including one first honor graduate. Other honors were five summa cum laude, 32 magna cum laude and 33 cum laude.
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March 21, 2012 | Events on Campus
UGA to hold pharmaceutical development symposium
Nine international leaders in the field of modern drug development will speak at the first Symposium on Pharmaceutical Development sponsored by the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. The daylong event on April 19 at the Classic Center will begin with registration at 8 a.m.
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March 12, 2012 | Events on Campus
Southern Research CEO Jack Secrist to give first College of Pharmacy Chu Lecture
The department of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences in the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy will hold the first lecture of the Chu Lectureship Series on March 28 at 11 a.m. in room 201 of the pharmacy south building.
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January 27, 2012 | Research News
Study offers new information for flu fight
Influenza virus can rapidly evolve from one form to another, complicating the effectiveness of vaccines and anti-viral drugs used to treat it. By first understanding the complex host cell pathways that the flu uses for replication, University of Georgia researchers are finding new strategies for therapies and vaccines, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
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November 2, 2011 | General News
UGA experts available to speak on medication shortages
From chemotherapy drugs to electrolyte treatments to antibiotics, key medications are in short supply in pharmacies across the nation. At the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, the faculty is well aware of the issues—and the burdens these shortages place on pharmacists, physicians and patients.
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October 21, 2011 | Research News
Blood pressure-lowering drug after stroke aids recovery, study finds
A commonly prescribed blood pressure-lowering medication appears to kick start recovery in the unaffected brain hemisphere after a stroke by boosting blood vessel growth, a new University of Georgia study has found.
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October 10, 2011 | General News
Pharmacy student program benefits hospital’s diabetes care
Students in the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy were part of a team of health care workers who helped make a unique diabetes specialty certification a reality for St. Mary's Health Care System of Athens.
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September 30, 2011 | General News
UGA study finds that less is more for common cancer drug
University of Georgia scientists have found that smaller, less toxic amounts of chemotherapy medicine given frequently to mice with human prostate cancer noticeably slowed tumor growth.
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January 19, 2011 | General News
UGA study suggests vitamin therapy may be harmful to breast cancer patients
A recent University of Georgia study indicates that a common vitamin used to treat breast cancer victims might actually be harmful to patients.
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October 11, 2010 | General News
UGA to offer emergency preparedness training required for all pharmacists
The State Board of Pharmacy has mandated that every Georgia-licensed pharmacist receive three hours of disaster preparation training before Dec. 31, as part of their 30-hour continuing education requirement.
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December 10, 2008 | Research News
Study first to how that RNA interference can facilitate vaccine development
Pharmaceutical companies and universities are racing to develop drugs that use the gene silencing mechanism known as RNA interference to treat a host of diseases. Now, a new study opens up an entirely new possibility for this powerful tool: Researchers at the University of Georgia have demonstrated for the first time that RNA interference can be used as a tool in the development of vaccines.
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January 3, 2008 | Research News
UGA researchers receive $9 million in grants to study barriers to effective addiction treatment
More than 23 million Americans age 12 or older need treatment for substance abuse and addiction, yet only a fraction - less than 10 percent - actually receive it. Worse, among those who do get treatment, very few have access to the treatments that are known to work.
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November 12, 2007 | General News
UGA Silvion™ technology joins the fight against super Staphylococcus bacteria
Medical Molecular Therapeutics, LLC, a University of Georgia Research Foundation start-up company, recently received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market two antimicrobial solutions, SilvionTM and Silvaklenz®, that can be used to fight multiple-drug-resistant bacteria such as Methacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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October 11, 2007 | Research News
New class of drug offers hope to treatment-resistant AIDS patients
For the estimated millions of AIDS patients worldwide who are resistant or are developing resistance to currently available medicines, a discovery by a University of Georgia researcher may offer a new treatment option by targeting a previously elusive enzyme in the complex retrovirus responsible for the devastating disease.
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April 9, 2007 | General News
UGA pharmacists offers strategies to improve medication compliance
In Patient Compliance with Medications: Issues and Opportunities (Pharmaceutical Products Press, $32.95), Jack Fincham, A.W. Jowdy Professor of Pharmacy Care at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, offers physicians, pharmacists and other health care professionals a look at why many patients don't take their medicine as directed.