In a new paper, researchers propose treating health data as essential national infrastructure, balancing patient empowerment, privacy, innovation, and public good.
Bioinformatics, General Medicine, Genetics And Aging, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research, Vital Signs
UNC School of Medicine’s Yara Abdou, MD, is among the third cohort of physician researchers to receive the Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials: Clinical Investigator Leadership Award.
Announcements, Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, News, Oncology, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
A geneticist at the UNC School of Medicine has coordinated the development of Mondo, the world’s first standardized rare disease coding tool. Mondo is designed to streamline the diagnosis and…
New UNC study finds that a chemical derived from ashwagandha disrupts viral and cancer processes that make B-cell lymphomas difficult to treat with standard chemotherapy.
Cancer, Immunology And Microbiology, MICROIMM Featured, News, Research
Published in Cell Reports Medicine, researchers have defined cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) subtypes that are clinically robust, prognostic, and predictive of immunotherapy response.
The tool is a one-stop resource for downloadable, shareable, and aggregated health data, which will help researchers, policymakers and healthcare providers better respond to concerning cancer trends and health needs…
Cancer, News, North Carolina, Oncology, Research, Vital Signs
Daisy Zamora, PhD, contributes to the scientific evidence review informing the newly released 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA).
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have developed a tool that can identify airway mucus abnormalities in patients with chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or asthma before…
News, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pulmonology, Research, Vital Signs
The clinical trial, led by James Howard Jr., MD., shows that a single course of six once-weekly infusions of Descartes-08 resulted in sustained clinically meaningful responses among patients with generalized…
Microbiologists at the UNC School of Medicine point to a specific protein that interferes with common antibiotics and their abilities to completely kill off bacteria.
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