January 6, 2021
UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State Biomedical engineers developed a technique that could one day be used to break up especially dense, difficult to treat blood clots.
December 31, 2020
Cindy Gay, MD, is leading the phase III clinical trial of the promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate for the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Medical Center. Gay, who also leads the UNC Moderna vaccine phase III clinical trial, says the work behind finding COVID-19 vaccines isn’t over. Continued research made possible thanks to volunteers from our community is more important than ever.
December 11, 2020
Using a custom-built exposure chamber, UNC School of Medicine and EPA scientists tested consumer-grade masks and improvised face coverings to show how effective they can be at protecting individuals from airborne particles of similar size to those carrying SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
November 25, 2020
Jonathan Schisler, PhD, is co-senior author of a team-science study with NASA and dozens of research universities around the country to determine the driver of cellular damage during space travel.
November 23, 2020
A feat of basic neuroscience co-led by UNC School of Medicine’s Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera, PhD, and Randall Ung, PhD, the discovery of a set of arousal-related neurons could help scientists develop better treatments for anxiety disorders and other psychiatric illnesses.
November 12, 2020
Led by Meghan Rebuli, PhD, and Ilona Jaspers, PhD, UNC School of Medicine, researchers found that vaping electronic cigarettes could impair the body’s normal immune response to viral infections.
November 12, 2020
Research led by the lab of Ralph Baric, PhD, in collaboration with UNC School of Medicine and University of Wisconsin scientists, shows that a common mutation to the virus that causes COVID-19 is not expected to interfere with effectiveness of vaccines under development.
November 11, 2020
This collaboration will help military medical providers prepare to save lives.
November 11, 2020
Led by Anil Gehi, MD, a team of UNC Health providers used cardiac contractility modulation, an innovative minimally-invasive therapy, to help people with heart failure feel better.
November 4, 2020
Published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, a paper co-authored by seven leading diabetes experts in Europe and the United Sates, including UNC’s John Buse, MD, PhD, warns against medical inertia that prevents physicians from helping patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiorenal disease.
October 29, 2020
UNC School of Medicine researchers and collaborators use a population health intervention to prevent an estimated 6,000 heart attacks, strokes, and deaths due to cardiovascular disease at 219 North Carolina clinics.
October 28, 2020
UNC School of Medicine researchers collaborate on a newly released study that identifies sites in the oral cavity where coronavirus can take hold, emphasizing the importance of wearing a face covering and physical distancing.