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Translational Research is Alive and Well at VCU

01 August 2013

For many, the solutions to our most complex disease problems — cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, to name a few — remain painfully elusive. Why, in the era of the Human Genome Project, modern molecular biology and genetics and...

PCORI Awards UNC School of Medicine Researchers More Than $2 Million for Study

13 May 2013

Originally published by UNC Healthcare on May 8, 2013 The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved a research award to the University of North Carolina School of Medicine to study the role of glucose...

Faculty Research Funding Increases to $777.8 Million

30 July 2013

Originally published by UNC News Services on July 25, 2013 Faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill secured $777.8 million in research funding during fiscal 2013. That total is up nearly $11 million – 1.4...

NC TraCS Pilot Program Funds Investigators from Multiple Schools and Diverse Disciplines

06 May 2013

Since NC TraCS launched its pilot grant program in 2008, the institute has handed out over $8 million to fund innovative or high-risk translational research ventures at UNC. Even though often those awards go to School of Medicine...

UNC Core Facility Helps Researchers Uncover the Function of Our Genes

30 July 2013

Approximately 20,000 genes make up the instruction manual for our bodies. To figure out what each of these genes does, scientists have generally used two tactics: either “knocking down” the gene or the opposite, overexpressing...

International Consortium Exploring Long-term Outcomes of Treating Hepatitis C Releases First Data

29 April 2013

Two antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C appear to work as well in the real world as they did during clinical trials, an international research consortium has observed. The consortium also released data that may help inform...

How Safe Are Everyday Chemicals?

01 July 2013

Originally published by newsobserver.com on June 23, 2013 Scientists thought the gene SFRP2 suppressed tumor growth. Nancy Klauber-DeMore at UNC proved them wrong and created a potential breast cancer drug in the process. Dr....

Transcription Factors Regulating Blood Oxygen Linked to Melanoma Metastases

22 April 2013

Originally published by UNC Healthcare on April 16, 2013 In research published April 8 in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, a research team led by William Kim, MD, member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,...

The Protein Sleuth

10 June 2013

Originally published by Endeavors on May 23, 2013 Scientists thought the gene SFRP2 suppressed tumor growth. Nancy Klauber-DeMore at UNC proved them wrong and created a potential breast cancer drug in the process. Something...

Runners and Spectators Raced to Save Lives

22 April 2013

Originally published in The Boston Globe on April 17, 2013 When Natalie Stavas and her father finally reached mile 26, drained but determined to finish, they heard the boom of the explosions and watched as police began erecting...