URI study shows blood pressure drug may lower epilepsy risk

URI College of Pharmacy Associate Professor Xuerong Wen led a study of more than 2 million patients with hypertension, finding one common blood pressure medication may also lower the risk of epilepsy.

College of Pharmacy Associate Professor Xuerong Wen links losartan to lower incidence of epilepsy Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have been diagnosed with hypertension, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many of whom are also at risk of epilepsy. Of the several types of antihypertension medications patients are prescribed, […]

Continue reading "URI study shows blood pressure drug may lower epilepsy risk" →

RI-INBRE secures $21 million NIH grant to support biomedical research and training across Rhode Island

URI President Marc Parlange and pharmacy Professor Bongsup Cho, director of RI-INBRE, announced an additional $21 million in federal funding for the biomedical research network, increasing the organization's funding to more than $100 million.

Latest round of funding increases URI-based program’s investment in biomedical research to more than $100 million since 2001 The University of Rhode Island announced today that it has secured a five-year, $21 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence program from 2024 to 2029. […]

Continue reading "RI-INBRE secures $21 million NIH grant to support biomedical research and training across Rhode Island" →