Professor Jon Thorson, PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division is among a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers who have created a new form of an enzyme capable of producing a range of potential new therapeutic agents …
Research
Thorson lab’s work with neoglycoranomization strategies published in Chemical & Engineering News
The July 30, 2007 issue of Chemical and Engineering News refers to the work of Professor Jon Thorson, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, and his lab’s neoglycorandomization strategies. Dr. Thorson presented in June at the distinguished Benzon …
Research focus is smoking cessation and diabetes
Eva Vivian, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, is co-investigator of a P-50 grant from the National Cancer Institute that will advance treatments for smokers with diabetes. “Engineering Effective Interventions for Tobacco Use: …
Fruit research linked to cancer chemoprevention
Jeremy Johnson, assistant scientist in the Pharmacy Practice Division, received funding from the National Cancer Institute to study xanothes in the mangosteen fruit and the anti-cancer properties on prostate cancer chemoprevention. The R03 project titled …
Can meditation or exercise ease respiratory infections?
Mary Hayney, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, is co-investigator on an NIH-funded grant to study the effects of meditation or exercise on respiratory infections and influenza vaccine response. Titled “Meditation and Exercise …