Researchers identify genetic sequence that helps to coordinate synthesis of...
Research conducted in fruit flies at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine has pinpointed a specific DNA sequence that both triggers the formation of the “histone locus body” and turns on...
View ArticleRN: Real Nurses - Bren Sparling
Bren Sparling, an RN in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, says she has always been a creative person.
View ArticleUNC Health Care and High Point Regional Complete Merger
High Point Regional announced it has completed its merger with the UNC Health Care System effective April 1, 2013. “We proudly welcome High Point Regional’s trustees, physicians, staff and volunteers...
View ArticleUNC School of Medicine named Best Medical School for Primary Care
The School ranked 1st in Primary Care and 22nd in Research overall in the 2014 U.S. News & World Report Best Medical School Rankings. Family Medicine, Rural Medicine and AIDS were also listed as...
View ArticleUNC study shows how two brain areas interact to trigger divergent emotional...
The findings could lead to new mental health therapies for disorders such as addiction, anxiety, and depression.
View ArticleCohen, Cotter and Damania elected as 2013 Fellows of the American Academy of...
Selection for fellowship is a highly competitive annual peer review process, based on scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced the field of microbiology.
View ArticleAtypical brain circuits may cause slower gaze shifting in infants who later...
These findings suggest that 7-month-olds who go on to develop autism show subtle, yet overt, behavioral differences prior to the emergence of the disorder.
View ArticleSmithies named to first class of the Fellows of the AACR Academy
Dr. Oliver Smithies, Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, is a 2007 Nobel Laureate whose work revolutionized research into the genetic...
View ArticleAlterations in brain activity in children at risk of schizophrenia predate...
Brain scans of children who have parents or siblings with the illness reveal a neural circuitry that is hyperactivated or stressed by tasks that peers with no family history of the illness seem to...
View Articlereal doctors, real people - James Kurz
The advice Dr. Jim Kurz gives comes not only from his expertise in medicine but from his real life personal experience as well.
View ArticleDon and Cindy Sills: Fighting Disease, Raising Awareness
A Craven County woman is diagnosed with a rare soft-tissue cancer on her 35th wedding anniversary. Together, she and her husband are raising awareness about cancer while she fights the disease.
View ArticleInnate immune system can kill HIV when a viral gene is deactivated
Study published in PLoS Pathogens suggests new target for treatment and the eventual cure of HIV/AIDS
View ArticleAngelo Mojica wins Silver Plate Award
The awards pay tribute to excellence by recognizing the most outstanding and innovative talents in nine segments of foodservice operations.
View ArticleStorming the gates: UNC research probes how pancreatic cancers metastasize
Researchers in the lab of Carol Otey, PhD, found that the protein palladin enhances the ability of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) to assemble organelles known as invadopodia to break down the...
View ArticleNew chemical probe provides tool to investigate role of malignant brain tumor...
The probe, named UNC1215, will provide researchers with a powerful tool to investigate the function of malignant brain tumor (MBT) domain proteins in biology and disease.
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