Category: News

Scientists led by UNC School of Medicine researchers Silvia Kreda, PhD, and Rudolph Juliano, PhD, created an improved oligonucleotide therapy strategy with the potential for treating other pulmonary diseases, such as COPD and asthma. Read the full story here.

A study by the Kesimer lab published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine has been profiled in a WRAL TechWire article, “Elevated level of lung protein could be early predictor for COPD, UNC says.” Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, is the study’s senior author, and the lead author is Giorgia Radicioni, PhD. The WRAL article...

Ashley Henderson, MD, has been consulted for ABC11 and FOX29 news stories that highlight the milestone of UNC Health having zero COVID-19 patients for a 36-hour period, the longest span in over a year. Read the ABC11 story, “UNC Health reaches milestone of zero COVID patients for 36-hour span,” here....

The UNC School of Medicine lab of Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, discovered MUC5AC is more reliably associated with the manifestation of COPD than another well-known mucus protein, revealing a possible biomarker of disease initiation, prognosis, and therapeutic effectiveness. The results of their study, in a paper first-authored by Giorgia Radicioni, PhD,...

David Peden, MD, has been consulted for a number of news stories focusing on UNC research to understand allergic reactions to some COVID-19 vaccines. The stories and accompanying videos can be found at the links below. Fox 8: What’s causing allergic reactions to some COVID-19 vaccines? UNC working on an...

A study led by Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, associate professor of infectious diseases at the UNC School of Medicine and director of UNC Medical Center Infection Prevention, and William D. Bennett, PhD, professor of medicine in the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, shows that wearing two masks...

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.