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Up one levelAnkle blood flow test helps identify stroke survivors most at risk for future strokes, heart attacks and death
Friday, August 28, 2009 — A simple test that measures blood flow through the ankle helps identify people with peripheral artery disease (PAD) before they start showing symptoms, a study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers has found.
UNC begins phase III malaria vaccine trial in Malawi
Thursday, August 27, 2009 — The phase III trial of the potential malaria vaccine known as RTS,S began this month in Malawi, Africa, with the help of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases.
Breakthrough uses light to manipulate cell movement
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 — New technique expected to enhance understanding of how cancer spreads.
Research points to new target for stopping colon cancer
Monday, August 17, 2009 — New research led by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have found a drug target that suggests a potent way to kill colon cancers that resist current drugs aimed at blocking a molecule found on the surface of cells.
Breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer in some women
Monday, August 10, 2009 — According to a new study, women with a family history of breast cancer were 59 percent less likely to develop breast cancer themselves if they breastfed their children.
UNC researchers decode structure of an entire HIV genome
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 — The structure of an entire HIV genome has been decoded for the first time by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The results have widespread implications for understanding the strategies that viruses, like the one that causes AIDS, use to infect humans.
Khmer Rouge trials offer baseline study for mental health impact to a society of war crimes tribunal
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 — As leaders of the former Khmer Rouge regime testify in a human rights tribunal, in harrowing detail, for the killing of more than a million Cambodians from 1975 to 1979 a central medical question remains unanswered: will the trials help a society heal or exacerbate the lingering affects of widespread trauma?
Groundbreaking study shows exercise benefits leukemia patients
Monday, August 3, 2009 — A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that exercise may be an effective way to combat the debilitating fatigue that leukemia patients experience.
UNC awarded $3.5 million to study HIV transmission prevention among newly infected
Thursday, July 30, 2009 — A team of researchers from the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases has received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study HIV prevention methods among people with acute HIV infection (AHI).
UNC trainee receives international leadership award for AIDS work in Malawi
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 — Agnes Moses, M.D., has been selected to receive the 2009 International Leadership Award from The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The award was announced during the 2009 International AIDS Society conference, held recently in Cape Town, South Africa.