Researchers Highlight the Genetic Complexity of Schizophrenia
A new review article written by Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, the Yeargan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics, outlines the genetic foundations for schizophrenia.
Researchers Link Midlife Blood Biomarkers to Late-life Dementia Risk
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…
Bilateral Focused Ultrasound Shown to be Safe, Effective for Patients with Lingering or Severe Essential Tremor
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…
Wearable Devices Can Increase Health Anxiety. Could They Adversely Affect Health?
For patients with atrial fibrillation, using a wearable device can lead to higher rates of anxiety about their Afib symptoms and treatment, doctor visits, and use of informal healthcare resources,…
Scientists Discover Brain Circuits for Placebo Effect Pain Relief
Led by Greg Scherrer, PharmD, PhD, and Chong Chen, MD, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, research published in Nature reveals a new pain control pathway from the cortex…
Study Reveals “Cell Death Cascade” in Airway Cells Infected with SARS-CoV-2
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…
Covid-19 / Coronavirus, Genetics And Aging, Immunology And Microbiology, News, Research
Researchers Learn How Cancer Cells Divide Despite Treatment
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…
Study Suggests Lack of Lymphatic System Drainage in Brain Can Cause Migraine Pain
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…
Researchers Identify Potential Treatment for Angelman Syndrome
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…
Disinterest in Pediatric Care? Jordan and Rao Pen Perspective Piece on Pediatric Workforce Decline
This year’s match results show that only 91.8% of pediatric residency slots were successfully filled by programs compared to a higher percentage in years past. This ongoing outcome has many…
News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
New Study Suggests Higher Amounts of Intervention May Not Be More Helpful for Children on the Autism Spectrum
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…
Health Sciences, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health, Research
Clinical Trial on Semaglutide Shows Promise for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder, Warrants Further Trials
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…
Addiction, Clinical Research, News, Psychiatry And Mental Health, Research
Do Institutions Support Partner Hiring? A New Tool Ranks Universities
To raise awareness and assist couples with job searches, UNC-Chapel Hill researchers launched an evidence-based tool showing how research-intensive institutions rank in partner hiring – providing insights on where they…
UNC School of Medicine Leads $9.3-Million Study to Create Chlamydia Vaccine
This five-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is led by Toni Darville, MD, director of the UNC Children’s Research Institute, in collaboration with scientists at…
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Immunology And Microbiology, MICROIMM Featured, News, Pediatrics And Children's Health
Researchers Wrestle with Accuracy of AI Technology Used to Create New Drug Candidates
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Bryan Roth, MD, PhD, and colleagues at UCSF, Stanford and Harvard determined that a protein prediction technology can yield accurate results in the…
Scientists Discover Surprising Details about Xylazine in Combination with Fentanyl
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Zoe McElligott, PhD, and colleagues found that the animal tranquilizer xylazine activates opioid receptors in the brain, suggesting a reason why the treatment…
Addiction, News, North Carolina, Pharmacology, Psychiatry And Mental Health, Research
UNC School of Medicine Names 2023-24 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars
Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD, Benjamin Vincent, MD, and Pengda Liu, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award.
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions, Cancer, MICROIMM Featured, News, Research
Researchers Engineer Yeast to Deliver Drugs, Reduce Inflammation for Possible Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment
Juliane Nguyen, PhD, professor and vice chair of pharmacoengineering and molecular pharmaceuticals at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and Janelle Arthur, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at…
Gastrointestinal, Immunology And Microbiology, MICROIMM Featured, News, Pharmacology, Research
Detection of Missed Colorectal Cancer Remains Low for Most Diverticulitis Patients
Published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal, a study led by Anne Peery, MD, and Walker Redd, MD in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, shows that the prevalence…
Gastrointestinal, News, Research, School of Medicine, Vital Signs
Researchers Unveil a Hidden Trait in Mycobacterium Genomes Governing Stress Adaptation
New research led by Qingyun Liu, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Genetics, has uncovered a genetic feature known as “transcriptional plasticity,” which plays a pivotal role in…
