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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...

Storming the Gates: UNC Research Probes How Pancreatic Cancers Metastasize

28 March 2013

Reposted from UNC Healthcare News Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that a protein found in the cells surrounding pancreatic cancers play a role in the spread of the disease to...

Allergy Season Will Be Even Worse This Year

19 April 2013

As the weather warms and plant pollination begins this spring, allergy sufferers are likely to feel worse than in past years. Unfortunately, a number of environmental factors are likely to keep the pattern of worsening allergies...

Researchers Identify Genetic Sequence that Helps to Coordinate Synthesis of DNA-packaging Proteins

28 March 2013

Reposted from UNC Healthcare News Every time a cell divides it makes a carbon copy of crucial ingredients, including the histone proteins that are responsible for spooling yards of DNA into tight little coils. When these spool-like...

NC Research Campus Operation Lands $5.3M NIH Grant

09 April 2013

The UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute has received a five-year, $5.3 million grant to study fetal-alcohol disorders in South Africa. "The funds from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Alcohol...

UNC School of Medicine Named Best Medical School for Primary Care

15 March 2013

Reposted from UNC Healthcare News The UNC School of Medicine is ranked No. 1 for the first time by U.S. News & World Report in the magazine’s 2014 "America’s Best Graduate Schools" issue. The School ranked 1st in Primary Care...

Newly Approved Blood Thinner May Increase Susceptibility to Some Viral Infections

09 April 2013

A study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina indicates that a newly approved blood thinner that blocks a key component of the human blood clotting system may increase the risk and severity of certain viral...

Orexigen Rethinks Clinical Trial Recruitment

07 March 2013

Reposted from Medical Marketing & Media 2012 ushered in a new era in weight-loss drugs, with the FDA's reversal on treatments such as Vivus Pharmaceutical's Qsymia and Arena's Belviq, but a potential competitor's recent success...

Genes Linked to Hepatitis C Viral Clearance Could Lead to Personalized Treatments

01 April 2013

A NIH-funded study, published February 19 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, shows that possessing either of two specific gene variants make it more likely that a patient’s own immune system can successfully fight off hepatitis...

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Big Data Holds Big Promise for Improving Health Care

25 February 2013

Discussing Big Data and informatics can be technical, even ponderous. And anyone who has talked about how to make electronic health records meet the government's "meaningful use" goals knows it’s not exactly straightforward...