Video: Brain-Cancer Hunting Stem Cells
Matthew Ewend, MD, FACS, 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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Department News
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Edward Yap, MD, joins the UNC Neurosurgery team
Former UNC Neurosurgery resident returns to UNC
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Good News – December 2019
What’s new in the Department of Neurosurgery
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Hadar named Interim Chair of Department of Neurosurgery
Eldad Hadar, MD, has been appointed Interim Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery. Most recently Hadar served as the Department’s Vice Chair, Residency Director, and Section Chief of Functional Neurosurgery.
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