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Up one levelUNC genetics professor named to NIH stem cell research review panel
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 — The National Institutes of Health has named UNC Sarah Graham Kenan genetics professor and chair Terry R. Magnuson, Ph.D., to a panel that will review the acceptability for federal research funds of human embryonic stem cell lines.
Dedication of N.C. Cancer Hospital highlights new face of cancer care
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 — More than triple the previous cancer clinic space, which was located in a 1950s-era building, the new hospital was funded by the state of North Carolina and designed with patients and families in mind.
UNC study: Color-coded chart improves parents’ understanding of body mass index (BMI)
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 — In the study, published in the September/October 2009 issue of journal Academic Pediatrics, a sample of 163 parents of children seen at pediatric clinics at UNC and Vanderbilt University were tested to assess their understanding of BMI, their health literacy and their math abilities.
UNC joins leading research universities to launch research news Web site
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of 35 research universities involved in a new Web project called Futurity (www.futurity.org), which was officially launched Tuesday (Sept. 15).
Blood vessels contribute to their own growth and oxygen delivery to tissues and tumors
Monday, September 14, 2009 — The findings, published in the Sept. 15 issue of the journal Developmental Cell, could give important insights into the formation of the vasculature needed to feed new tumors.
Gene variant heightens risk of severe liver disease in cystic fibrosis
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 — A UNC study, which appears in the Sept. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), could lead to earlier detection and diagnosis of cystic fibrosis liver disease and better treatment options for the patients affected by the disease.
Researchers identify critical gene for brain development, mental retardation
Friday, September 4, 2009 — Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have now discovered that establishing the neural wiring necessary to function normally depends on the ability of neurons to make finger-like projections of their membrane called filopodia.
UNC study: Insecticide-treated bed nets reduce infant deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo
Thursday, September 3, 2009 — Giving insecticide-treated bed nets to nearly 18,000 mothers at prenatal clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo prevented an estimated 414 infant deaths from malaria, a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers concludes.
UNC study will test therapies to eradicate HIV infection—medicine’s holy grail
Friday, September 4, 2009 — Researchers from the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases have received $2.7 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop and test new therapeutic agents that may eradicate HIV infection.
Patient-doctor communication with patients who have high blood pressure is worse for blacks than for whites, study finds
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 — Black patients with high blood pressure experience poorer communication with their doctors than white patients do, a study led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher has found.