NewsCollin Peterjohn: A Profound Opportunity for a Second ChanceA 25-year-old Charlotte man gets a second chance at life with a profound recovery from serious lung injuries sustained in a fire that left his family homeless. Chelminski, Meltzer-Brody named first Sanders Clinician ScholarsAs the first two Sanders Clinician Scholars, Paul Chelminski, MD, MPH, and Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, will develop educational efforts to enhance supportive direct personal contact to the daily care of patients, and to teach others to do the same. Norman E. Sharpless, MD, appointed the Wellcome Distinguished Professor in Cancer ResearchThe professorship was established by the School of Medicine in 1988 with gifts from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the William A. Smith Trust of Wadesboro, N.C. Grant to fund use of kinase test in HER2-positive breast cancerSusan G. Komen for the Cure® has awarded a grant of almost $900,000 to Lisa A. Carey, MD, and Gary Johnson, PhD, to research clinical applications for the first broad-based test for protein kinase activation and response to inhibitory drugs in HER2-positive breast cancer. DNA replication protein also has a role in mitosis, cancerThe finding presents a possible explanation for why so many cancers possess not just genomic instability, but also more or less than the usual 46 DNA-containing chromosomes. Molecular subtypes and genetic alterations may determine response to lung cancer therapyA UNC-led team of scientists has shown for the first time that lung cancer molecular subtypes correlate with distinct genetic alterations and with patient response to therapy. New study shows benefit of new maintenance therapy for multiple myelomaDr. Thomas Shea and Dr. Don Gabriel of UNC are co-authors of the study, which offers promising news about a new long-term therapy, lenalidomide, that can be used after transplantation to slow down the progression of the disease. UNC Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation Program achieves outstanding outcomesUNC Cancer Care’s Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation Program is one of only 14 out of 156 centers across the country to be rated an “overperforming” center. Nutrition Research Institute receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for global health researchThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. real doctors, real people - Eric JuengstEric Juengst, PhD, directs the UNC Center for Bioethics. He also makes armor. Yep, the kind knights would wear while protecting their king's domain. Stem cells poised to self-destruct for the good of the embryoEmbryonic stem cells are primed to kill themselves if damage to their DNA makes them a threat to the developing embryo. UNC researchers reveal how they do it. UNC study shows potential to revive abandoned cancer drug by nanoparticle drug deliveryA team of UNC researchers developed nanoparticle carriers to successfully deliver therapeutic doses of a cancer drug that had previously failed clinical development due to pharmacologic challenges. Scientists awarded $2.4 million to study genetic variation in people with diabetesThe goal of the study is to identify genetic variations that may help predict the response to various treatment options for type 2 diabetes to reduce cardiovascular disease. Patient survival not impacted by liver transplants performed at night or on weekendsA new study led by Dr. A. Sidney Barritt IV of UNC shows that liver transplants performed at night or on weekends do not adversely affect patient or graft survival. Longer breastfeeding along with antiretroviral drugs could lower HIV transmission to babiesNew research finds that early weaning – stopping breastfeeding before six months – is of little, if any, protective value against HIV transmission nor is it safe for infant survival. Stanford and MIT scientists win Perl-UNC Neuroscience PrizeThe Perl prize carries a $10,000 award and is given to recognize a seminal achievement in neuroscience. Past recipients have included four subsequent winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. New book summarizes state of eHealth applicationsUNC’s Seth Noar examines intersection of technology and health RN: Real Nurses - Suzy LawrenceSuzy Lawrence, a nurse in UNC Gynecologic Oncology, takes an environmentally aware approach to the way she lives. Pain relief with PAP injections may last 100 times longer than a traditional acupuncture treatmentUNC researchers describe how exploiting the molecular mechanism behind acupuncture resulted in six-day pain relief in animal models. They call this new therapeutic approach PAPupuncture. International panel recommends new model for breast cancer careDeborah K. Mayer of UNC co-authored two articles addressing cancer-related fatigue and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (nerve damage).
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