{"id":11618,"date":"2013-10-07T19:06:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T19:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/?p=11618"},"modified":"2013-10-07T19:06:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T19:06:29","slug":"discover-new-cures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/2013\/10\/07\/discover-new-cures\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover New Cures."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11614 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/rowley-lab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/rowley-lab.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/rowley-lab-226x150.jpg 226w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/rowley-lab-80x53.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Discover New Cures.<\/h1>\n<p>The world\u2019s got a lot of illness and disease that needs curing, and at URI, leading scientists are breaking new ground toward the discoveries we\u2019ve all been waiting for. Inside our Natural Products Lab, <strong><a title=\"Link to faculty page for Pharmacy Professor David Rowley\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/david-rowley\/\">Pharmacognosy Professor David Rowley<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 one of the only a handful of marine microbial chemists in the world \u2013 and his students are turning to the worlds\u2019 oceans to tackle the problem of drug-resistant infections.<br \/>\n\u201cMost of the current antibiotics derive from natural products produced by terrestrial microorganisms, so as we try to stay one step ahead of the pathogens, the logical next place to look is at marine microbes.\u201d Right now, they\u2019re studying bacteria found in mud sediment from a remote region of the South Pacific. He says preliminary results are promising, with microbes that are \u201cperhaps unlike any others that have been investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<strong>If you\u2019re inspired by new cures, you may be interested in some of these programs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bluebox\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"242\" height=\"242\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V41cHcCin2c?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ele.uri.edu\/ugprog\/biomedical\/\">Biomedical Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cels.uri.edu\/cmb\/CMB_Biotech.aspx\">Biotechnology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/che.uri.edu\/index.shtml\">Chemical Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cels.uri.edu\/cmb\/CMB_Clab.aspx\">Medical Laboratory Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cels.uri.edu\/cmb\/CMB_Mbio.aspx\">Microbiology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/gsadmis\/inp\/index.html\">Neurosciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/che.uri.edu\/pharmatrack.shtml\">Pharmaceutical Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/programs\/bsps\/index.shtml\">Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/programs\/pharmd\/index.shtml\">Doctor of Pharmacy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/admission\/majors.html\">Full list of undergraduate majors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/gsadmis\/degreeplans.html\">Full list of graduate degree programs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the Bioactive Botanical Research lab next door, <strong><a title=\"Link to faculty page for Pharmacy Professor Navindra Seeram\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/navindra-seeram\/\">Pharmacognosy Professor Navindra Seeram<\/a><\/strong> has some big ideas about fighting cancer. Ideas so big that he\u2019s regularly sought after by science and news publications around the globe for his expertise in the healing properties of <a title=\"Medical Plant List\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/facilities\/medicinal-garden\/medical-plant-list\/\">medicinal plants<\/a>.<br \/>\nHe and his team of students and researchers are studying the natural antioxidants in native New England berries for possible applications in the treatment of cancer. In fact, as an undergraduate student in Professor Seeram\u2019s lab, <a title=\"URI student unlocking secrets of Jamun berry to treat cancer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/2008\/12\/01\/uri-student-unlocking-secrets-of-jamun-berry-to-treat-cancer\/\"><strong>Caroline Killian<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>discovered that the Jamun berry, found in Hawaii, Florida and Texas and traditionally used as a pre-insulin treatment for diabetes, inhibits the cell growth of a particular aggressive type of breast tumor. Recently, NPR did an interview with <strong><a title=\"Link to RI Public Radio interview with Professor Seeram\" href=\"http:\/\/ripr.org\/post\/food-medicine-promising-pharmaceutical-new-england-s-pantry\">Professor Seeram<\/a><\/strong> about medicinal properties of local plants.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bottom line is \u2013 if you\u2019re someone who wants to give people more access to better treatments, antibiotics, and vaccinations and improve human health everywhere in the world, URI might be the place for you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At our <strong><a title=\"Link to URI Providence Biotechnology Center web site\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/prov\/research\/biotechcenter.html\">Providence Biotechnology Center<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a title=\"Link to news release about Alan Rothman joining the URI research team\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/releases\/?id=6013\">Research Professor Alan Rothman<\/a><\/strong> has received an <a title=\"Link to news release about URI Professor Alan Rothman's research grant\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/releases\/?id=6731\">$11.4 million grant for his ongoing research on dengue virus<\/a>, a potential deadly mosquito-borne disease that infects 100 million people every year. Professor Rothman, along with his students and collaborators at several American universities, a private biotechnology company, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangkok, Thailand, will conduct field studies, laboratory research, and a phase-three vaccine trial. He\u2019s one of several big thinkers at URI\u2019s <a title=\"Link to QuadAngles article about iCubed at URI\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/quadangles\/features\/a-shot-in-the-arm-for-immunity\/\">Institute for Immunology and Informatics<\/a> \u2013 better known as iCubed \u2013 focused on designing better, safer vaccines for neglected diseases and using the highest of high-tech equipment and techniques to do it more quickly than traditional methods.<br \/>\n<strong><a title=\"Link to faculty page for Pharmacy Professor Nasser Zawia\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/nasser-zawia\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11616\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/zawiA.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/zawiA.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/zawiA-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/zawiA-80x53.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Biomedical Sciences Professor Nasser Zawia<\/a><\/strong> and his students are doing research to better understand and unravel the mysteries of the brain. He\u2019s examined Alzheimer\u2019s disease in mice, monkeys and rats, and his findings have not only earned international attention but could lead to major breakthroughs in treating the disease. He\u2019s proven that infant exposure to lead is linked to Alzheimer\u2019s, and his latest research on an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat migraines in Europe has led to human clinical trials as a treatment for Alzheimer\u2019s in the U.S. He says the drug could mean the different between just treating Alzheimer\u2019s symptoms and actually helping patients get better.<br \/>\nFor Professor Rowley, and all of these top researchers in their fields, another very important aspect of the work is training the next generation of scientists to develop new cures. \u201cStudents are the prized products of our research here. Diseases are becoming more and move prevalent, and they continue to evolve. Our students are the future researchers who will be involved in making important scientific discoveries for years to come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover New Cures. The world\u2019s got a lot of illness and disease that needs curing, and at URI, leading scientists are breaking new ground toward the discoveries we\u2019ve all been waiting for. 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