Category: News

In “Marvels of Mucus and Phlegm: The Slime that Keeps You Healthy,” the NIH featured Richard Boucher, MD, to help explain why mucus gets a bad rap and what its true purpose is in human health. Read the UNC story here, and read the full NIH article about mucus here.

In a new study, researchers in the UNC School of Medicine lab of Peggy Cotter, PhD, describe in detail the different weaponry bacteria use to establish infection in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, depending on their age. Read the full story here.

Ashley Henderson, MD, a member of the Marsico Lung Institute from the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, has been featured in the weekly Carolina Care Highlight. Read the Highlight here.

Richard C. Boucher, MD, was consulted for a Gulf Today article that discusses research to find treatments for COVID-19. The article, “Scientists Walk a Thin Line in Quest for Cure,” can be found here.

Seth Noar, PhD, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member, is leading a five-year, $3.35 million national study to develop and test messages that discourage adolescents from using electronic cigarettes. UNC School of Medicine’s Ilona Jaspers, PhD, is part of the project. Read the full story here.

Christine Vigeland, MD, found her calling during residency as the H1N1 pandemic was ending in 2010. She dedicated her career to researching acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and treating ICU patients. Ten years later, the knowledge she’s gained and her continued commitment to the most critical patients are guiding her...

Richard Boucher, MD, has been consulted for a Raleigh News & Observer article reporting on the importance of nose-covering masks in protecting against COVID-19. The article, “UNC Coronavirus Study Shows Why It’s Important to Wear a Mask That Covers Your Nose,” draws on research conducted by Dr. Boucher and MLI researchers...

The UNC School of Medicine and NC TraCS awarded pilot funding to three teams for the 2020 Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research Awards in a call highlighting research to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Martina Gentzsch, PhD, is the PI of one team that will study inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 Envelope...

Richard Boucher, MD, has been quoted in a US News & World Report article, “Lab Experiments Show How Masks Could Protect Against COVID-19.” The article summarizes research conducted by Dr. Boucher and MLI researchers in collaboration with the laboratory of Ralph S. Baric, MD, and subsequently published in Cell. Read the...

A major study of coronavirus infection in human airways adds to evidence that wearing a mask is an important protective step toward limiting transmission of COVID-19. The lead authors of the study in the journal Cell are UNC-Chapel Hill pulmonary expert Richard Boucher, MD, and virology expert Ralph Baric, PhD....