August 15, 2024
Taghreed Mohammed Al-Turki, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the UNC Lineberger lab of Jack Griffith, PhD, describes her long, difficult, and rewarding journey of becoming a telomere scientist as a first-time mother at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
August 6, 2024
In this new Vital Signs series, we feature graduate student Katherine Eltz in the Papadopoulou lab. Combining her passions in marine biology and biomedical engineering, Eltz studies the physiology of decompression sickness in scuba divers, astronauts, and sea turtles using ultrasound imaging techniques.
August 2, 2024
A new review article written by Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, the Yeargan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics, outlines the genetic foundations for schizophrenia.
July 30, 2024
A research team led by Priya Palta, PhD, MHS, an associate professor of neurology at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that certain Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegenerative blood biomarkers in midlife and late life had strong associations with late-life dementia.
July 30, 2024
Vibhor Krishna, MD, a neurosurgeon at the UNC School of Medicine, was one of 15 researchers involved in a multicenter clinical trial showing that bilateral focused ultrasound is safe for patients seeking treatment for essential tremor, including Sally Richey and Frank George, whose stories are below. UNC Hospitals also uses this technology to treat patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
July 22, 2024
Researchers in the lab of Jenny Ting, PhD, the William Kenan Distinguished Professor of Genetics and professor of microbiology and immunology, have made numerous findings about how cell death from SARS-CoV-2 infection may directly influence disease progression.
July 18, 2024
Researchers in the lab of Jean Cook, PhD, chair and professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, have identified the cellular processes that occur when you take a cancer drug meant to stop rapid cell growth in tumors.
July 16, 2024
In this new Vital Signs series, we feature graduate student Skylar Grimsley in the Starbird lab. Grimsley is investigating genetic variations of ABCA7, a protein that has been shown to increase one's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
July 11, 2024
A research team led by Kathleen M. Caron, PhD, the Frederick L. Eldridge Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at the UNC School of Medicine, has connected the dots between a small protein, the brain’s lymphatic system, and migraine pain.
July 8, 2024
Researchers in the lab of Ben Philpot, PhD, the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology at the UNC School of Medicine and associate director of the UNC Neuroscience Center, have identified a small molecule that could lead to a safe and effective treatment for the neurodevelopmental condition known as Angelman syndrome.
June 25, 2024
After a thorough systematic analysis, Micheal Sandbank, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine and other researchers across the United States found that evidence was lacking that higher intensity interventions provided increased benefits for young autistic children.
June 25, 2024
Christian Hendershot, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Clinical and Translational Addiction Research Program at the UNC School of Medicine, presented early findings from the first completed randomized controlled trial of semaglutide for reducing alcohol consumption in heavy drinkers.