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Pharmacy-related research is flourishing at UB, thanks to the cutting-edge, multidisciplinary initiatives taking place in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Research endeavors are diverse, covering areas such as pharmacogenomics, pharmaceutical protein biotechnology, and computer-aided drug discovery using molecular visualization. Our reputation for research is global in scale, due in part to UB's overarching support for emerging research areas.
Read below to learn more about recent news-making research developments in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science:
A tiny lipid particle developed by pharmaceutical scientists at the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has the potential to improve significantly the lives of hemophiliacs who have developed a dangerous immune response to the frequent injections of factor VIII, the clotting factor that keeps them alive.
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Two related University at Buffalo studies examining the incidence of diabetes and related conditions among patients suffering from schizophrenia or bipolar disorder indicate that it is the illness—not the atypical antipsychotic medications used to treat the disorders—that contributes to the increased incidence of diabetes in these patients.
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A new laboratory with state-of-the-art graphics workstations at the University at Buffalo is providing a rare commodity: a way to bridge the gap between bench science and supercomputing through molecular modeling and bioinformatics tools. The Laboratory for Molecular Visualization and Analysis is one of a handful of such facilities in the nation, providing a critical service to researchers at UB and its affiliated research partners.
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The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has met the challenge, raising $1.6 million to earn a $500,000 challenge grant from the prestigious Kresge Foundation, a first for the university. The grant and the challenge funds, which total $2.1 million, will benefit the pharmaceutical sciences instrumentation facilities that support the school's strategic research.
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Every May since 1994, drug companies from around the world have selected handfuls of their best scientists to attend the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences for an intensive week-long course in pharmacodynamic modeling.
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