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Early research indicates vaping impairs lung immune function
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Lung cell impairment can occur with exposure to e-cigarettes, but other short and long-term effects of vaping remain unknown.
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Vital Signs
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2018
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Aug. 23
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Put that in your e-cigarette and smoke it, or should you?
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UNC researcher Ilona Jaspers, PhD, to present her findings on the potential effects of e-cigarettes
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2016
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February
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E-cigarette use can alter hundreds of genes involved in airway immune defense
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The long-term health effects of e-cigarettes remain unknown, but toxicologists at UNC are now uncovering how use of e-cigarettes affect genes involved in upper airway immune defense.
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News
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2016
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June
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Jaspers, Clapp featured in NY Times for e-cigarette research
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Researchers in lab of Ilona Jaspers, PhD, found that the common food additive cinnamaldehyde impaired cilia -- the hair-like structures on lung cells crucial for proper respiratory function.
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News
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2018
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June
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The Burn Microbiome
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UNC’s Dana Walsh creates a new research method to better understand how to battle airway bacteria common in smoke inhalation victims.
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News
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2015
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December
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Jaspers Featured on NIEHS Podcast About E-Cigarettes and Teen Health
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Ilona Jaspers, PhD, was featured as a guest expert on a NIEHS podcast about e-cigarettes and teenagers.
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Vital Signs
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2018
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Oct. 4
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UNC School of Medicine departments rank high on “Best Global Universities” list
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In the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings, pharmacology and toxicology were lumped into one category and ranked first among public universities. Among all universities around the globe, UNC pharmacology/toxicology ranked second behind Harvard.
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News
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2018
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February