The UNC Blood Research Center (BRC) was established to promote interdisciplinary research in non-malignant blood disorders across UNC. It will seek to advance the work in the following specific areas.
One in four of the US population will succumb to a terminal thrombotic event, such as: myocardial infarction, stroke, or venous thromboembolism.
Basic science discoveries have paved the way towards better prophylactic and therapeutic approaches to thrombosis. However, a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying thrombosis and prevention without any risk of bleeding remains an unmet need. The BRC seeks to investigate potential approaches to both aims.
UNC is a world leader in hemophilia, from the development and administration of the first coagulation factor VIII concentrate to the role of the Chapel Hill dog colonies of the Francis Owen Blood Research Center in the pre-clinical testing of protein and gene therapies. The BRC aims to address the broad challenges that remain in numerous other inherited and acquired bleeding disorders.
Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans but accounts for an estimated 300,000 births worldwide every year, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian sub-continent.
Compared to many other areas of medicine, the development of impactful therapies in sickle cell disease remains inadequate. We will continue to expand our research efforts to this under-served patient population into the future.
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In a study collaboration with colleagues from the Universities of Cardiff and Aberdeen in the UK, Anton Ilich and Nigel Key authored a study demonstrating the ability of their novel in-house fibrinolytic activation screening test (‘FAST’) to detect the severe and potentially lethal form of PPH, known as acute obstetric coagulopathy. The paper was published …
3 days ago
Dr. Matthew Flick received an award from Glycos Biomedical Ltd. for his work entitled “GBM-1511 as Adjunctive Sepsis Therapeutic for Staphylococcus Aureus and Streptococcus Pneumonia”. Congratulations Dr. Flick!
3 days ago
Dr. Steve Hur was selected to receive a Career Development Award from the American Heart Association totaling $77,000 every year for the next three years. Congratulations Dr. Hur!