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UNC Researcher Helps Find Solutions for Childcare Conundrum at Academic Conferences
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Paola Giusti-Rodriguez, PhD, is one of 40 scientists that contributed to a paper outlining the difficulties parents encounter when attending conferences. They offer solutions that could quickly improve attendance and involvement of mothers at these events.
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March
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UNC SOM lands 16 departments in top 25 for NIH funding
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The UNC School of Medicine ranks 16th overall in NIH funding; 6th among public universities. The department of cell biology and physiology is the highest ranked at 2nd overall.
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February
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UNC murine study predicts cancer drug responsiveness in human tumors
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A UNC research team found that genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) were able to accurately predict human response to a standard chemotherapy drug combination commonly used in the clinic.
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2013
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July
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VIDEO: Scientists demonstrate link between genetic defect and brain changes in schizophrenia
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Scientists at UNC have found that a deletion in a gene known as 22qq11 affects the developing brain in specific ways that may lead to schizophrenia.
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Vital Signs - Oct. 22, 2009
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Re-opening of the Animal Models Core Facility
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The newly reorganized Animal Models Core Facility, under the direction of Dale Cowley, Ph.D., is now officially open for business.
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Vital Signs - Oct. 15, 2009
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Messenger RNA with FLASH
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A study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified a key player in a molecular process essential for DNA replication within cells.
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Vital Signs - Nov. 5, 2009
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Study provides strongest clues to date for causes of schizophrenia
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A genome-wide association analysis led by Dr. Patrick Sullivan of UNC identifies 22 places in the human genome that play a role in development of the mental disorder.
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2013
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August
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VIDEO: Researchers identify critical gene for brain development, mental retardation
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Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have now discovered that establishing the neural wiring necessary to function normally depends on the ability of neurons to make finger-like projections of their membrane called filopodia.
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Vital Signs - Sept. 11, 2009
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The power to help, hurt and confuse: Direct-to-consumer whole genome testing
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Two UNC experts write that whole genome and whole exome sequencing technology “will routinely uncover both trivial and important medical results, both welcome and unwelcome … and presents the medical community with new challenges.”
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2011
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December
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North Carolina-based genetic resources fuel big scientific progress
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A series of 15 scientific papers published this week in the journals of the Genetics Society of America (Genetics and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics) put North Carolina at the epicenter of a scientific resource called the Collaborative Cross.
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2012
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February