UNC School of Medicine Names 2024-25 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars
Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, Misty Good, MD, MS, and Jason Stein, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award.
Study Reveals Key Roles in Developmental Milestones of the Brain in Children
Led by UNC School of Medicine’s Weili Lin, PhD, researchers document cognitive milestones revealed in children from birth to toddlerhood in brain imaging study.
Gastrointestinal Disease Costs U.S. More Than $100 Billion, UNC Researchers Estimate
A new study, led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, highlights the latest statistics on gastrointestinal cancers, hospital admissions, liver transplants, and national funding support for gastrointestinal research.
Study Finds Oral Semaglutide Vastly Reduces Heart Attacks, Strokes
A large clinical trial, co-led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, has shown that the popular weight-loss drug significantly reduces cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes,…
Cardiology and Heart Health, Diabetes, General Medicine, News, Research
Therapy for Perinatal Asphyxia Does Not Benefit Preterm Infants, Study Finds
A national multi-site clinical trial, co-led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that therapeutic hypothermia may be harming preterm infants recovering from a specific type of…
Clinical Research, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Device to Treat Major Depressive Disorder
With a designation from the FDA, a device created and patented by Flavio Frohlich, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the UNC School of Medicine and member of the UNC Neuroscience…
News, Psychiatry And Mental Health, Technology and Innovation
Some Viruses ‘Freeze’ Their RNA to Replicate, UNC Study Says
Researchers have discovered that RNA in Zika virus can freeze itself in time to further its spread in the body, revolutionizing how researchers study disease-causing viruses.
Biochemistry, Immunology And Microbiology, News, Research, Virology
Diabetes Can Drive the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment.
Semaglutide Shows Promise in Reducing Cravings for Alcohol, Heavy Drinking
Randomized, placebo-controlled trial finds that low-dose semaglutide reduces amount of alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, and heavy drinking days. Reductions in cigarettes per day were also seen.
Addiction, Diabetes, News, Research, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
MicroRNA Responsible for Sex Differences in Cardiac Physiology, Disease
Researchers pinpoint small molecules that greatly affect differences in heart health in men and women.
Biochemistry, Biology, Cardiology and Heart Health, Genetics And Aging, News, Research
