September 3, 2020
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Camille Ehre, PhD, generated high-powered microscopic images showing startlingly high SARS-CoV-2 viral loads on human respiratory surfaces, ready to spread infection in infected individuals and transmit infection to others.
August 10, 2020
A phase III clinical trial for the vaccine produced by Moderna is seeking 30,000 participants across the country.
March 12, 2020
In light of recent developments with the spread of COVID-19, School of Medicine IT supports SOM personnel to effectively work remotely. Please visit https://www.med.unc.edu/it/work-remotely/ for more detailed information.
February 13, 2020
Five Clinical Departments Receive Support to Incentivize Clinical Research by K Awardees.
December 6, 2019
The research laboratory directed by Dr. Greg Wang, associate professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and the Cancer Cell Biology Program at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, recently identified a gene termed PHF19 to be critically involved in the development and progression of multiple myeloma, and also provided proof-of-principle evidence supporting pharmacological targeting of this pathway for therapeutics of this common hematological cancer. These findings were recently published by BLOOD, the official journal of the American Society of Hematology.
December 6, 2019
In the time it takes for an Amazon Prime delivery to arrive, cells damaged by chemotherapy can almost completely fix their most important DNA. That is the case in the livers of mice at least, according to a new study from UNC School of medicine researchers.
August 8, 2019
UNC researchers are spreading the word about these disparities and starting a conversation about how to change them.
May 15, 2019
This new technology will help basic scientists better understand macromolecular structures important for human health and diseases, such as cancers.