MWU Pharmacology IL

07/30/2024

Pharmacology faculty Alejandro Mayer and Marsha Pierce published an article in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society The Pharmaceutical Journal titled, "Pharmaceuticals from marine sources: past, present and future". Available here:

Abstract A large proportion of the current pharmacopoeia can trace its origin back to nature. Biodiversity in the Earth’s largest habitat, the ocean, is greater than that on land, suggesting a huge potential for new bioactive chemistry. Compounds isolated from marine organisms have novel structure...

07/25/2024

The newest installment in our review series is highlighted on the cover! Marine Drugs MDPI Check it out here: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/22/7

07/03/2024

Faculty Prasanth Puthanveetil and students published an article titled, "Altered Metabolic Signaling and Potential Therapies in Polyglutamine Diseases" in MDPI Midwestern University

Polyglutamine diseases comprise a cluster of genetic disorders involving neurodegeneration and movement disabilities. In polyglutamine diseases, the target proteins become aberrated due to polyglutamine repeat formation. These aberrant proteins form the root cause of associated complications. The me...

07/03/2024

Faculty Alejandro Mayer, Michelle Swanson-Mungerson, and Marsha Pierce co-authored a review article titled, "Marine Pharmacology in 2019–2021: Marine Compounds with Antibacterial, Antidiabetic, Antifungal, Anti-Inflammatory, Antiprotozoal, Antituberculosis and Antiviral Activities; Affecting the Immune and Nervous Systems, and Other Miscellaneous Mechanisms of Action" in Marine Drugs MDPI Midwestern University

Abstract: The current 2019–2021 marine pharmacology literature review provides a continuation of previous reviews covering the period 1998 to 2018. Preclinical marine pharmacology research during 2019–2021 was published by researchers in 42 countries and contributed novel mechanism-of-action pha...

07/03/2024

FDA approves treatment for adults with Alzheimer’s disease

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Kisunla (donanemab-azbt) injection for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

05/29/2024

From 2019 to 2020, antihistamines were found in 15% of all US drug overdose deaths, often co-administered with fentanyl, with 3.6% of overdose deaths due to antihistamines alone. The most common antihistamine found in all these reported deaths is diphenhydramine, a ubiquitous, over-the-counter and c...

04/01/2024

for the is on Friday May 3, 2024 from 8am-5pm. Abstracts are due this Friday, April 5th.

04/01/2024

is April 1st to 7th, 2024. This year’s theme, Centering and Celebrating Cultures in Health, emphasizes the way different cultures focus on health. For more information:

On behalf of the American Public Health Association, I am delighted to invite you to join us as we celebrate National Public Health Week!

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02/23/2024

Congratulations to all the Midwestern University College of Pharmacy Graduates today Midwestern University

02/13/2024

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