![UNC Lineberger's Chad V. Pecot, MD, published a paper that found inflammatory monocytes, immune cells that build clots to promote wound healing, also make it possible for tumor cells to migrate to other parts of the body.](https://news.unchealthcare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1159/2020/06/by-forming-clots-in-tumors-immune-cell-aids-lung-cancers-spread-image2-1-600x400.jpeg)
July 21, 2022
UNC Lineberger Creates RNA Discovery Center
Chad Pecot, MD, associate professor of medicine and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, will lead the new center dedicated to the investigation of the many roles of RNA in health and disease.