Video: Brain-Cancer Hunting Stem Cells

Department Chair Matthew Ewend, MD, is a member of a UNC research team that is developing a new personalized treatment for glioblastoma. Led by Shawn Hingtgen, PhD, from UNC’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy, the team has discovered a way to use human stem cells, made from skin cells, to hunt down and kill human brain cancer, a critical and monumental step toward clinical trials – and real treatment. (Dr. Ewend appears at 1:18 in the video.)

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  Good News – August 2018

  What’s new in the Department of Neurosurgery

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  Six UNC Health Care Hospitals Recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for High Quality Stroke Care

  American Heart Association Award Recognizes UNC Health Care’s Commitment to Quality Stroke Care

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  Hadar inducted into the Society of Neurological Surgeons

  The Department of Neurosurgery is pleased to announce that Eldad Hadar, MD, was recently inducted into the Society of Neurological Surgeons. The Society, comprised of neurosurgical department chairs, residency program directors and other senior educational leaders, is the oldest neurosurgical professional organization in the world and membership is limited to 200 active members. The Society … Continued

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