Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), chairman of a House subcommittee on labor, health, and human services, in his office on Capitol Hill. (Drew Angerer for STAT) WASHINGTON — A year ago, when Tom Cole was announced as the new chairman...

Alexa Waters at the NCAFP Alexa Waters, a medical student at UNC-Chapel Hill and a Primary Care and Population Health (PCPH) Scholar, has been working with the North Carolina Network Consortium (NCNC) on the Monitor Trial. Her...

Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD(Charles Dharapak/AP) WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health will get a $2 billion funding increase in the federal spending bill released early Wednesday, a big boost that could turn around...

Eight years ago, questions swirled around Dr. Francis Collins — a geneticist whose nomination as director of the National Institutes of Health left many wondering how he would lead and how his abiding religious faith might...

The first members of a new graduate program at UNC-Chapel Hill will walk across the stage and into their careers on Dec. 13 with a carefully crafted skill set that balances science and business. The Professional Science...

With seed money from the NC TraCS Institute at UNC and a Translational Team Science Award from the UNC School of Medicine, UNC collaborators uncovered an epigenetic mechanism that could be the cause of painful chronic ear infections...

Dr. Cheryl Giscombe Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholar Dr. Cheryl Giscombe, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing, is undertaking research to combat inequities in the healthcare system. “I am motivated by my desire...

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The new cancer drug delivery system improved efficacy of standard chemotherapy for ovarian cancer in mice with limited toxicity. Nano terminators (courtesy of Zhen Gu, PhD) RALEIGH, NC – Researchers at North Carolina...

N.C. Central University students of professor Gregory Cole (c/o NCCU) Researchers at UNC School of Medicine and N.C. Central University will share a $7.5 million grant to continue a project aimed at understanding and reducing...