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PCORI Awards CYSHCNet Researchers $5.5 Million to Study Transitions for...
Nearly one in five children, almost 14 million in the United States, have a special healthcare need that may require hospitalization. After a child’s hospital stay, the transition back home can be...
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Five Questions with Elizabeth Minor
Elizabeth Minor is a PhD student in the lab of Camille Ehre, PhD, who is an assistant professor at the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Marsico Lung...
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Hahn Awarded CZI Grant to Monitor, Manipulate Proteins Important in Nervous...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced four multi-year Exploratory Cell Networks grants for researchers exploring the frontiers of genomics, cell biology, and synthetic...
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Five Questions with Max Hockenberry
Max Hockenberry is a joint PhD student in the labs of Wes Legant, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology, and James Bear, professor of cell biology and physiology, with a joint appointment in...
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Researchers Expand Our Understanding of How the Body and Brain Communicate
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The human brain constantly receives information from the body, specifically from internal organs such as the heart and lungs. This information seldom reaches consciousness but is...
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Researchers Gain Insight into Why T Cells Lose Energy in Solid Tumors
T cells are often called “assassins” or “killers” because they can orchestrate and carry out missions to hunt down bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells throughout the body. Mighty as they may be, recent...
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Researchers Show How Neurochemicals Affect fMRI Readings
The brain is an incredibly complex and active organ that uses electricity and chemicals to transmit and receive signals between its sub-regions. Researchers have explored various technologies to...
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Researchers Assess Citizenship Status and Career Confidence in Biomedical...
Chapel Hill, NC – Biomedical programs in the United States attract a significant number of graduate and postdoctoral trainees from around the world. Non-citizen trainees face several systemic barriers...
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Researchers Show Injury Prevention Program Reduces Injuries in Young Children
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Unintentional injuries are a leading cause of pain and death among young children. While injuries can range in severity — from cuts and burns to drownings and poisonings —...
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UNC Hospitals Performs First Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement in...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – For the first time in the state of North Carolina, the structural heart team at UNC Hospitals has performed a transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement in the clinical setting. The...
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Researchers Discover How We Perceive Bitter Taste
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Humans can sense five different tastes: sour, sweet, umami, bitter, and salty, using specialized sensors on our tongues called taste receptors. Other than allowing us to enjoy...
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Haendel to join UNC Genetics, Pediatrics, Data Science & Society to Advance...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is delighted to welcome Dr. Melissa A. Haendel, PhD, FACMI, as the Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Genetics within the...
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Detection of Missed Colorectal Cancer Remains Low for Most Diverticulitis...
Chapel Hill, N.C. – Acute diverticulitis is a gastrointestinal disease that presents with debilitating pain in the abdomen, anorexia, and malaise. This disease is a common condition that affects older...
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Researchers Engineer Yeast to Deliver Drugs, Reduce Inflammation for Possible...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex condition that requires individualized care to meet the needs of the patient’s current disease state. With available medications...
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UNC School of Medicine Names 2023-24 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The UNC School of Medicine has named three outstanding researchers as recipients of the eighth annual Yang Family Biomedical Scholars Award. They are: Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD,...
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Scientists Discover Surprising Details about Xylazine in Combination with...
CHAPEL HILL, NC – Unregulated use of fentanyl and overdose deaths have increased dramatically in recent years, and this trend was made more alarming when authorities found fentanyl laced with the...
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Five Questions with Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza
Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza is a PhD student in the lab of Jonathan B. Parr, MD, MPH, who is an assistant professor of infectious disease at the UNC School of Medicine and a founding member of the...
View ArticleFour Scholars Named to Physician Scientist Training Program
As part of the Forward Together Strategic Plan, the UNC School of Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) supports a small number of clinicians committed to translating research findings...
View ArticleUniversity Libraries New Website Launch on May 14
The University Libraries has a new website: https://library.unc.edu/health-sciences/ Because the new site is designed to be more intuitive for first-time users, some resources and service requests on...
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Researchers Wrestle with Accuracy of AI Technology Used to Create New Drug...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Artificial intelligence (AI) has numerous applications in healthcare, from analyzing medical imaging to optimizing the execution of clinical trials, and even facilitating drug...
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