Tag: North Carolina
Can Genetic Therapy Help Kids with Angelman Syndrome Overcome Seizures?
Angelman syndrome is a genetic disease with no cure. Children grow up with severe intellectual disabilities and a range of other problems, arguably the...
Successful Peanut Allergy Clinical Trial Results Published in NEJM
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., a California-based biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for potentially life-threatening food allergies, published in the New England Journal of Medicine its full results of...
By Solving a Mystery of Gene Repair, Scientists Uncover an Exception...
About 15 years ago, UNC Lineberger’s Dale Ramsden, PhD, was looking through a textbook with one of his students when they stumbled upon a scientific...
Can Scientists Change Mucus to Make It Easier to Clear, Limiting...
For healthy people, mucus is our friend. It traps potential pathogens so our airways can dispatch nasty bugs before they cause harm to our...
Can Stimulating the Brain Treat Chronic Pain?
For the first time, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine showed they could target one brain region with a weak alternating current of...
Stopping Arthritis Before It Starts
When you think of motion capture technology, you might think of the movie magic that brought Jurassic World to life or made Avatar a box office hit.
But that’s...
HPV Blood Test Shows Promise for Tracking Head and Neck Cancer...
A new blood test developed by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows promise for tracking HPV-linked head and neck cancer...
Scientists Solve 3-D Structure of CF Protein in Active, Inactive States
Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine in collaboration with researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have resolved the three-dimensional molecular structure of...
Scientists Zero in on Ways to Boost Colorectal Cancer Screening
UNC Lineberger's Daniel Reuland, MD, MPH, and colleagues published in JAMA Internal Medicine a review of data from 73 randomized clinical trials that tested...
Scientists Reveal New Cystic Fibrosis Treatments Work Best in Inflamed Airways
A new UNC School of Medicine study shows that two cystic fibrosis (CF) drugs aimed at correcting the defected CFTR protein seem to be...
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Could Improve Flu Vaccine Manufacturing
Recent research from North Carolina State University outlines how near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy could be used to make cell-culture-based flu vaccine manufacturing faster and more...
UNC to Create the Next Generation, Ultra-Long-Acting Antiretroviral Formulations for HIV...
It has been well established that HIV transmission can be efficiently halted by effective treatment of those infected or by pre-exposure prophylaxis of individuals...
Brain Circuits for Successful Emotional Development Established During Infancy
Researchers in the UNC Early Brain Development Study tracking the development of the brain’s emotion circuitry in infancy found that adult-like functional brain connections...
Approach Paves Way for New Generation of Antimicrobial Materials
Researchers at North Carolina State University have successfully incorporated “photosensitizers” into a range of polymers, giving those materials the ability to render bacteria and...
Long-Acting Injectable Implant Shows Promise for HIV Treatment and Prevention
A persistent challenge in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention is medication adherence – getting patients to take their medication as required to get the best...
Genomic Study Finds a New Role for Micrornas as Predictors of...
Crohn’s disease is a lifelong condition characterized by a fluctuating course of gastro-intestinal inflammation with repeated flares and remissions. Any part of the alimentary...
Dengue Fever Vaccine Delivered With Nanotechnology Targets All Four Virus Serotypes
The latest in a series of studies led by the Aravinda de Silva Lab at the UNC School of Medicine shows continued promise in...
New Electric Car Charger is More Efficient, 10 Times Smaller Than...
Researchers at North Carolina State University have built an electric vehicle fast charger that is at least 10 times smaller than existing systems and...
Breaking the Link Between Obesity, Gastrointestinal Cancers
Studies have demonstrated a connection between obesity and a person’s risk of developing colon and other gastrointestinal cancers. Now, scientists are investigating approaches that...
Study Shows Surprise Low-level Ozone Impact on Asthma Patients
A new study led by UNC School of Medicine researchers indicates that ozone has a greater impact on asthma patients than previously thought. The study,...
