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3-D printer to offer hands-on experience for students, create models of molecules

The University of Rhode Island will be introducing a new 3-D printer for the next academic year, which will provide a hands-on approach in learning about chemicals and drugs, and how they affect the human body. Professor of biomedical sciences Bongsup Cho said the printer will most likely be housed in the new pharmacy building […]

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URI cancer researcher now aiming sights on Lyme disease

KINGSTON, R.I. – February 1, 2011 – As part of her research into breast cancer, University of Rhode Island scientist Roberta King has for years been studying the role of an enzyme in regulating estrogen activity. King is specifically interested a type of enzyme, called sulfotransferases, which contribute to balancing and regulating numerous biologically active […]

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URI College of Pharmacy wants you to turn in unused, expired drugs

National Drug Enforcement Agency Take Back Day set for Sept. 25 KINGSTON, R.I. – September 20, 2010 – They are prescribed for back injuries, torn knee ligaments, oral surgery and for dulling the pain following numerous types of surgeries. But long after the pain subsides, remnants of the treatments remain in people’s medicine cabinets. They […]

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URI student learns critical lessons in wake of plane crash in Alaska

Played role in responding to accident that killed Sen. Stevens KINGSTON, R.I. – September 20, 2010 – In an ironic twist of events, Anastasia Manchette, a University of Rhode Island pharmacy student, was unusually prepared for the plane crash that claimed the lives of former Senator Ted Stevens and four others this past summer in […]

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URI College of Pharmacy Ranked 18th in National Institutes of Health funding

Ranked 18th in National Institutes of Health funding KINGSTON, R.I. – August 30, 2010 – The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy ranked 18th in the country for the amount of National Institutes of Health research funding it attracted in 2009, according to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. URI’s $6.3 million in […]

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