Author Archives: ecroe

A SARS-CoV-2 image produced by Camille Ehre, PhD, and published in The New England Journal of Medicine has been featured in an article in The Well. The article, “Antiviral proves effective at preventing and treating COVID-19,” can be read here. Referred to in the article is a paper recently published in...

Michael R. Knowles, MD, has been consulted for an article in the Canadian Insider entitled “EmitBio Announces Positive Clinical Results Supporting a Novel Therapeutic for COVID-19.” The article can be read here.

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, wrote in his blog this week about stunning SARS-CoV-2 images taken by the lab of Camille Ehre, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Marsico Lung Institute. Read the article here, and read the blog post from Dr....

Ilona Jaspers, PhD, and other UNC researchers have been featured in a short documentary by Retro Report Scientific American about the marketing of electronic cigarettes to teens and young adults. Watch video here.

Michelle Hernandez, MD, associate professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, has been elected Secretary of the Environmental & Occupational Respiratory Diseases (EORD) Interest Section of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Read the full story here.

Led by Meghan Rebuli, PhD, and Ilona Jaspers, PhD, UNC School of Medicine, researchers found that vaping electronic cigarettes could impair the body’s normal immune response to viral infections. Read the full story here, and read the paper in American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology here.

Research led by the lab of Ralph Baric, PhD, in collaboration with Marsico Lung Institute and University of Wisconsin scientists, shows that a common mutation to the virus that causes COVID-19 is not expected to interfere with effectiveness of vaccines under development. Read the full story here, and read the...

Marianne Muhlebach, MD ( UNC School of Medicine’s department of pediatrics ), is working with Gauri Rao, PharmD, MS (UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy), to find better ways to treat cystic fibrosis. Read the full story here.

NC State and UNC School of Medicine researchers, co-led by Tom Egan, MD, developed a technique to provide non-invasive assessments of lung conditions. Read the full story here.

David Peden, MD, was consulted for a 17 News story that posed the question of whether firefighters may be at increased risk of contracting COVID-19 due to smoke exposure. The story and video can be found here.