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Humeyra Kaanoglu and Adebimpe Adefolaju standing together in lab

Researchers in the lab of UNC molecular biologist and Nobel laureate Aziz Sancar discovered that a common lab chemical called EdU may have potential as a glioblastoma treatment. Glioblastoma is an aggressive, difficult to treat brain cancer—less than 10% of adult patients survive more than five years.

"When we set out to test the therapeutic potential of EdU in glioblastoma, I knew the science would be the most meaningful if it could be connected to patients," Humeyra Kaanoglu, a PhD candidate in Sancar's lab, says. "Discovering that Shawn Hingtgen and Andrew Satterlee had a platform to test EdU directly on living patient tissues felt like an extraordinary opportunity."


Mehul Patel

Mehul Patel, PhD, an emergency medicine researcher at the UNC School of Medicine and former TraCS KL2 scholar, says that when it comes to strokes, "time is brain."—any clinician or researcher who studies stroke will tell you that time is the most important factor. Patel is building on his TraCS KL2 research, trying to ensure that everyone, no matter what part of the country they live in, can get life-saving stroke care.

Katrina Donahue and Jennifer Rees

Many people with diabetes test their blood glucose levels every day. But what if they don't need to do that? Katrina Donahue, a family medicine researcher at UNC and Certified practice facilitator Jen Rees and the NCNC team, have embarked on a project that taps into their extensive network of clinicians and researchers across North Carolina to share findings that daily blood glucose testing doesn't improve long-term health for people with Type 2 diabetes who were not taking insulin.


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Michelle Hernandez

Michelle Hernandez, the co-PI of the NC TraCS K12 program and a pediatric allergist and immunologist at the UNC School of Medicine, was featured in the article Breathing Beyond Barriers Dive into her work leading asthma research in rural communities across North Carolina to make care and clinical studies more accessible. Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that impacts nearly 25 million Americans, including about 5 million children, according to the CDC.

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Learn what’s possible with support from NC TraCS – drones that deliver life-saving equipment, potential mental health treatment based on brain wave therapy, and 3D-printed intravaginal rings to deliver therapeutics are just a few of the possibilities. We’re here to help strengthen and accelerate research at UNC-Chapel Hill and beyond.

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