Even though effective drug cocktails have improved the outlook for many patients with HIV, disease progression, including the time from AIDS onset to death, varies widely from patient to patient. Now, a study led by the University of North Carolina … Read more
Researchers from Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will study families across North Carolina as part of a three-year project funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center recently announced its selection of three Graduate Fellows in Basic Sciences.
UNC biologist Alan Jones has been elected to a three-year term on the executive committee of the American Society of Plant Biologists.
Krishnamurthy Janakiraman, Ph.D., a research associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center received an American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and General Electric (GE) Healthcare Junior Investigator Award for Excellence in Biomarker Research … Read more
Dr. Leslie V. Parise, professor and chair of the department of biochemistry and biophysics, and Dr. Roger Narayan, associate professor of biomedical engineering, were recently named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Both are faculty members … Read more
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a gene crucial to the final step of the formation of a functional sperm cell.
New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Institutes of Health finds most breast cancer patients would be receptive to a new genomic test that can determine the chance of breast cancer recurrence and … Read more
Stephen Frye, PhD, former worldwide head of discovery medicinal chemistry at GlaxoSmithKline, will lead the new Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The governance committee of the University Cancer Research Fund has established first-year spending priorities for the state’s initial $25 million investment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.