Dr. Phil Proteau, PhD, announced as new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Natural Products as of Dec 15, 2019.
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Despite its promising therapeutic potential, nanoparticle-mediated magnetic hyperthermia is currently limited to the treatment of localized and relatively accessible cancer tumors because the required therapeutic temperatures above 40 °C can only be achieved by direct intratumoral injection of conventional iron oxide nanoparticles. To realize the true potential of magnetic hyperthermia for cancer treatment, there is […]
Dr. Oleh Taratula, an associate professor of Nanotherapeutics in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences based on our Portland campus, received a 5-year, $2.3 million R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Taratula’s project, “Novel Nanomedicine-Based Therapeutic Approach For Treatment of Cancer Cachexia,” is to develop a treatment for the weight loss […]
Dr. Jon (JJ) Furuno, associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, is the PI of a new 3-year, $1.5 million R01 award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to develop an intervention bundle to improve antibiotic prescribing on discharge from hospital to long-term care facilities. This study includes […]
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University has named Grace Kuo, who has spearheaded national models of collaboration between physicians and pharmacists, as dean of OSU’s College of Pharmacy. Kuo presently serves as a professor and associate dean at the University of California, San Diego. Kuo will start as dean on June 30. She follows OSU […]