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UNC Lineberger Cancer Center – Malawi Cancer Center cooperation

2018-08-08
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center is working closely with the new Malawi Cancer Hospital. The Dittmer group is involved in supporting laboratory design, laboratory infrastructure and specific studies on Kaposi Sarcoma. https://unclineberger.org/news/malawi-cancer-visit

Beware of Predatory Journals

2017-06-27
"Complaint Alleges Company Made False Claims, Failed To Disclose Steep Publishing Fees"

UNC, Duke researchers unite around mission of preventing virus-induced cancers

2017-01-04
Researchers and clinicians attended the 2016 UNC-Duke Viral Oncology & AIDS Malignancy Symposium on Dec. 14 to hear presentations and share their perspectives on the latest efforts to prevent and treat cancers linked to infectious agents.

Dittmer Lab Research Images Chosen for NIH Gallery

2016-09-13
Three microscopy images taken by Brent Eason were recently chosen to be featured in the NIH Funded Research image gallery.

Vironomics Core successfully develops an improved ZIKV viral load assay

2016-09-06
The UNC Vironomics (viral genomics) Core aims to facilitate ZIKV research projects at UNC, from translational research, to animal studies, to high-throughput screening.

Ryan’s Mighty Exosomes

2016-02-12
An experiment uses Brownian motion to measure the size of exosomes.

NIEHS – Five Viruses are known human carcinogens

2016-01-08
A panel of experts agreed with the National Toxicology Program (NTP) preliminary recommendations to list five viruses as known to be human carcinogens in the Report on Carcinogens (RoC)

2015 Duke-UNC Symposium on Viral Oncology and AIDS Malignancy

2015-11-02
The annual symposium on Viral Oncology and AIDS Malignancy will take place at Duke University on December 3rd. Planned speakers include SJ Gao, PhD U. of southern California, P Lamber, PhD U. of Wisconsin-Madison, Nancy Raab-Traub, PhD U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. For more information, including location, schedule, registration and...

West Nile Virus causes 28 death in California this year

2015-11-02
28 death have been attributed to West Nile Virus infections in 2015 in California (as of Nov. 1st). This epidemic is on par with 2014’s 31 death from West Nile Virus in California. West Nile Virus is a single-stranded RNA virus of the Flavivirus genus in the Flaviviridae, which also...

Visit from the director of NCI’s Center for Global Health

2015-10-14
Dr. Ted Trimble, director of the Center for Global Health at the National Cancer Institute, was hosted by the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Gillings School of Public Health.