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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.

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.

Dirk Dittmer, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology at the UNC School of Medicine, is tracking the virus that causes COVID-19 by sequencing the genome of virus samples collected from diagnostic testing. Using next generation sequencing on SARS-CoV-2 will help accurately diagnose the novel coronavirus, identify mutations and track its history.

Published in Nature, research led by Mark Zylka, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, shows how gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9 can restore function in an animal model of the neurodevelopmental condition Angelman syndrome.

Led by Stan Lemon, MD, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and GSK colleagues discovered that the majority of rhinoviruses need a human protein called STING to infect cells and replicate to cause disease.

UNC Health teamed with community stakeholders to create an effective mobile testing operation for COVID-19 in central North Carolina, and to offer healthcare, consultation, and resources to those most in need. Results of this project were published in NEJM Catalyst.

NC State and UNC School of Medicine researchers, co-led by Tom Egan, MD, developed a technique to provide non-invasive assessments of lung conditions.

Researchers at Oxford and UNC-Chapel Hill, led by Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, and Sidney Barritt, MD, found increased mortality rates among COVID-19 patients with advanced cirrhosis and alcohol-related liver disease.

UNC School of Medicine research led by Nilu Goonetilleke, PhD, reveal how HIV-1-specific immune cells can recognize viral particles that have the capacity to rebound following interruptions to antiretroviral therapy. The findings have implications for new treatment strategies.

For the first time, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation named two clinical scholars from the same institution to two different health provider teams in the same year: Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, MPH, and Thava Mahadevan, MS.

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine collaborated with UNC Health and found that 0.8 percent of patients who came to a UNC Health facility for non-COVID-19 related reasons during the NC stay-at-home mandate tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

In the first year of the Blue Premier alternative payment program, more than 80 primary care practices achieved top quality performance and significant financial savings for patients.

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Data-driven Intervention Reduces Cardiovascular Risk Across North Carolina

Study reveals mouth as primary source of COVID-19 infection, spread

Tracking the SARS-CoV-2 Virus with Genome Sequencing

Scientists Take Major Step Toward Angelman Syndrome Gene Therapy

Can Scientists take the STING out of Common Respiratory Viruses?

Community Approach to Mobile COVID-19 Testing Improves Health Equity

Ultrasound Technique Offers More Precise, Quantified Assessments of Lung Health

Patients with Cirrhosis at Increased Risk of Death from COVID-19

How immune cells can recognize, control HIV when therapy is interrupted

Cené, Mahadevan Named 2020 RWJF Clinical Scholars

UNC Health, School of Medicine Determine Asymptomatic COVID-19 Spread

UNC Health Alliance reduced the cost of care for 140,000 Blue Cross NC members and earned $17.5 million in quality and shared savings payments