Researchers at University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill have joined a large international study to determine the effectiveness of near-infrared laser light therapy delivered to the brain within 24 hours of a stroke.

A schizophrenia research center based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a 5-year, $10 million renewal grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Sam and Betsy Reeves of Fresno, Calif., have donated $1 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to establish the Sandra Reeves Spears and John B. Turner Distinguished Professorship at the School of Social Work.

Pregnancy may open a window of vulnerability for developing binge eating disorder, especially for women from lower socio-economic situations, according to a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers and colleagues in Norway.

Seeking better ways to design and conduct clinical trials, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health has established a new Center for Innovative Clinical Trials.

Neurons, or nerve cells, communicate with each other through contact points called synapses. When these connections are damaged, communication breaks down, causing the messages that would normally help our feet push our bike pedals or our mind locate our car … Read more

A genetic mutation could hold clues why some mothers infected with HIV transmit the virus to their babies and others don’t, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC’s Knight Chair will refocus on the economics of digital media, journalism CHAPEL HILL – The Knight Chair at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s  School of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professorship created in 1991 by the … Read more

Skin cancers often contain different gene mutations, but just how these mutations contribute to the cause of melanomas has been a mystery.