The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received $2.7 million from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health to train HIV/AIDS researchers in China, Malawi and Cameroon.
A new study by UNC researchers found that blacks are just as likely as whites to suffer from hip osteoarthritis, challenging accepted medical belief that blacks were somehow protected from this condition.
The Southeast Regional Center of Excellence for Emerging Infections and Biodefense (SERCEB), headquartered at UNC-Chapel Hill, has been awarded another five years of funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.
One of the most challenging situations that oncologists face is when chemotherapy fails to slow down or stop the growth of cancer. This phenomenon, called multidrug resistance, is the result of several simultaneous biochemical processes that scientists do not fully understand. New research from UNC-Chapel Hill offers hope to cancer doctors and patients facing this heartbreaking situation.
A team of scientists from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has received one of 10 creativity awards from the Prostate Cancer Foundation for advanced prostate cancer research.
In late March, Will Arey of the UNC Medical Center News Office took a tour of the N.C. Cancer Hospital, which opens this summer. Watch part 2 of the tour.
Thomas Shea, M.D., has been voted chair-elect of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR).
Twice, Allison Isaacson, 17, was stopped in her tracks by severe leg cramps and dehydration. Twice, doctors were left scratching their heads, as a diagnosis evaded multiple tests and examinations. It was a medical mystery.
Nominations for the Robert C. Cefalo House Officer Award due May 8. Any attending physician or UNC Health Care employee may nominate any full-time house officer.
This years' prize will be awarded to Michael Greenberg, PhD from Harvard Medical School for his “discovery of signaling pathways underlying activity-dependent gene transcription in neurons.”
