Author Archives: Kate Matthews

In addition to our regular CRI Activities Update, this month’s Research Focus highlights collaborative work from the team led by Joseph Piven, MD; Professor of Psychiatry; Director of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD); and Thomas E. Castelloe Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology. Activities Update: In the spirit of...

This week, a 40-year-old patient was treated at UNC’s Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) with SB-913, an investigational genome editing therapy for individuals with mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II), a rare lysosomal storage disorder also known as Hunter syndrome. Read more >>

Dr. Wesley Burks was featured in an ABC News story about peanut immunotherapy after the publication of a recent study he co-authored in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Read more >>

In addition to our regular CRI Activities Update, this month’s Research Focus highlights collaborative work from the team led by Aravinda de Silva, PhD, MPH, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and a member of the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. Activities Update: We held our Medical Foundation Board...

In addition to our regular CRI Activities Update, this month’s Research Focus highlights collaborative work from the team led by Joseph Muenzer, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatric and Genetics. Activities Update: This past month we have been busy with research grants. We had a Creativity Hub submission to the UNC Office...