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Hypoallergenic peanut closer to reality

23 July 2014

Nut developed by A&T researchers moves closer to shelves Originally published in the Winston-Salem Journal, 6/11/14 A peanut that might not trigger allergic reactions is one step closer to store shelves. N.C. A&T announced...

Scaling A Great Wall: A profile of Lindsay Jaacks

03 June 2014

The air pollution in China was so horrifying that UNC School of Medicine graduate student Lindsay Jaacks had to wear a mask when she took to the streets of Beijing. She also decided to pursue a new line of research – the...

UNC researchers find new way to prevent dangerous blood clots

23 July 2014

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – For the first time, scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have shown that eliminating the enzyme factor XIII reduces the number of red blood cells trapped in a clot, resulting in a 50 percent reduction...

NIH announces 15 Clinical and Translational Science Awards to Help Translate Scientific Discoveries to Improved Health

22 October 2013

Support expands the consortium’s reach to New Hampshire Translating basic discoveries into new treatments that tangibly improve human health requires innovative collaborations and resources, as well as a diverse, highly trained...

Weili Lin, Ph.D., appointed Director of the UNC Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC)

13 June 2014

Lin has been serving as interim director of the center since July 1, 2010. His research focuses on innovative biomedical applications of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including the use of nanotechnology, brain imaging in...

Four Startup Companies Receive Commercialization Awards from Carolina KickStart, NC TraCS

25 September 2013

Augment Medical, Meryx Pharmaceuticals, Glycan Therapeutics and Spirovation have received a total of $80,000 in commercialization awards from Carolina KickStart, a service of the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences...

Mayer-Davis Appointed to President’s Council on Health Care

13 June 2014

Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, Ph.D., professor of nutrition in UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health and professor of medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to a new health care...

FDA, Academia and Industry Team Up to End Hepatitis C

06 September 2013

As doctors prepare to manage an influx of new hepatitis C patients and treatment options, a collaboration between academia, industry and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is poised to deliver real-world data that can help...

TraCS $2K and $10K Awardees

13 June 2014

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees of the seventh cycle of TraCS $10k grants for clinical and translational research projects. 35 applications were received, and 9 (listed below) were chosen for funding....

NIH Awards $4 Million Grant to UNC and Egan for Lung Transplant Research

15 August 2013

Originally published by UNC Health Care on August 8, 2013 A researcher at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a $4 million, three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health for a clinical trial...