pharmaceutical sciences

RNA-based method advances personalized medicine for improved patient care

UCI professor advocates easier access to medication-assisted treatment – and eradicating the social stigma

Team-based model in pharmacy and medicine delivers cost-effective, personalized patient care

UCI researchers have originated a simplified, faster clinical sample testing method to detect genetic material, including viral RNA. Their findings were recently published in the journal Scientific Reports. “We showed that a saliva sample withdrawn using a simple microbiological loop can be directly analyzed in a single collection tube, using common and precise DNA amplification […]

Recommendations provide framework for use of such devices in medical research studies

L-dopa-protein complex may cause cellular iron overload in brain, leading to side effects

Findings point to herbal treatment to potentially help curb the opioid epidemic

Program prepares next generation of medication experts to care for whole patient

Cheryl Wisseh, UCI assistant professor of clinical pharmacy practice, has received an 18-month, $10,000 grant from the ASHP Research and Education Foundation to study racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes-specific medication regimens and clinical outcomes among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white adults in South Los Angeles. Diabetes is a growing epidemic, especially in the Hispanic community, […]

Joyce Yu-Chia Lee is the first faculty member to earn the prestigious honor