Researchers Target Proteins, Pathways Behind Congenital Heart Disease
The research provides scientists with much-needed information to identify biological causes for congenital heart disease, or CHD.
6-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
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Adolescents are Aware of and Invested in the Potential Impacts of Abortion Restrictions, Study Says
The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, found that many adolescents – across a diversity of ages, genders, and geographies – are aware of and concerned about the potential impacts of abortion restrictions.
1-Jun-2023 2:15 PM EDT
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Study Shows Key Role for Human T Cells in the Control of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
A new study published in JCI Insight, led by Angela Wahl, PhD, Raymond Pickles, PhD, and J. Victor Garcia, PhD, with the International Center for the Advancement of Translational Science (ICATS), the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and...
24-May-2023 10:05 AM EDT
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A New Strategy to Break Through Bacterial Barriers in Chronic Treatment-Resistant Wounds
Researchers in UNC’s School of Medicine’s department of Microbiology and Immunology and the UNC-NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a new strategy to improve drug-delivery into chronic wounds infections.
22-May-2023 9:45 AM EDT
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HPV Self-Collection Kits Increase Screening Among Under-screened, Under-served Women in North Carolina
Five years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a global call to eliminate cervical cancer. Because nearly all cervical cancers are caused by an initial infection with oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV), screening for the...
12-May-2023 8:05 AM EDT
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Mammalian Evolution Provides Hints for Understanding the Origins of Human Disease
Even though it is important to know where these variations are located in the genome, it's also useful to know how or why these genetic variations happened in the first place. Sullivan hopes that other researchers will make use of the new and...
27-Apr-2023 2:00 PM EDT
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A New Primary Care Model Proves Effective for Patients with Severe Mental Illness
A new analysis led by Alex K. Gertner, MD, PhD, psychiatry resident at UNC Hospitals, has added further evidence that the new model is effective.
10-Apr-2023 4:15 PM EDT
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Scientists Enhance New Neurons to Restore Memory, Elevate Mood in Alzheimer’s Disease Research Model
UNC School of Medicine scientists demonstrated that stimulating a brain region called Supramammilary nucleus (SuM) located in the hypothalamus effectively enhanced adult-born neurons in the otherwise impaired Alzheimer’s brains of mice.
10-Apr-2023 1:45 PM EDT
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UNC Lineberger Experts Available at AACR Annual Meeting 2018
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center experts are available to provide expert commentary and feedback on research presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2018.
13-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
UNC Expert Publishes Commentary About Recent Change in Donor Lung Allocation Policy
Dr. Thomas Egan of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine says that a recent change in donor lung allocation policy was long overdue. However, because the change happened over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in response to litigation,...
16-Jan-2018 10:05 AM EST
UNC Health Care, UNC School of Medicine Launch Zika Research Experts’ Page
UNC Health Care and the UNC School of Medicine have launched a tool for media to request interviews with experts and researchers at the forefront of the global Zika research initiative.
12-Jul-2016 9:05 AM EDT
#UNC Experts Available for Interviews for #Autism Awareness Month
20-Mar-2014 3:00 PM EDT
Experts Available to Discuss NEJM Editorial on Use of PARP Inhibitors in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
In the editorial, the UNC researchers explain the excitement about this new class of drugs and the importance of this trial. They also highlight the reasons that caution as well as enthusiasm is warranted.
3-Jan-2011 2:50 PM EST
UNC Expert Available to Discuss JAMA Study on Over-the-Counter Dosing of Children
Dr. Darren DeWalt, author of a JAMA editorial being released early online this week, is available for media interviews.
29-Nov-2010 11:45 AM EST
Expert Available to Discuss Latest AIDS Vaccine Trial
UNC expert available to discuss latest development in search for AIDS vaccine.
24-Sep-2009 12:40 PM EDT
It Takes Two (Or More)
UNC brain surgeon Anand Germanwala, M.D. and ENT surgeon Adam Zanation, M.D., collaborated to develop through-the-nose approach to repair a patient's ruptured brain aneurysm.
26-Aug-2009 9:00 AM EDT
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