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With a Laser Focus on Diabetes Questions

27 May 2010

With a Laser Focus on Diabetes Questions As someone whose life work is about studying a disease related to how people’s bodies convert what they eat into energy, Beth Mayer-Davis operates at peak efficiency herself. She has...

New Initiative to Aid Clinical Trial Recruitment

27 May 2010

New Initiatives to Aid Clinical Trial Recruitment Volunteer participants are vital to the clinical research process, as everyone knows. Lack of enrollment is a leading reason for study delays or failure altogether. To that...

UNC spinoff receives $3 million Small Business Innovation Research grant

27 May 2010

UNC spin-off receives $3 million Small Business Innovation Research grant G-Zero Therapeutics, an RTP company started in 2008 based on technologies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been awarded a $3...

Keeping Kids Safe

27 May 2010

Many people believe in separating their work from their personal lives, but for Tamera Coyne-Beasley, M.D., M.P.H., the two are hopelessly intertwined -- at least for the moment. Coyne-Beasley, an expert in adolescent health,...

Pediatric Research Day Focuses on Team Science

27 May 2010

Pediatric Research Day Focuses on Team Science “Team Science” was the theme of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s 2011 Pediatric Research Day, September 8. The morning-long program featured Bonnie Ramsey, M.D.,...

690 Pages Closer to a Cure for HIV

27 May 2010

690 Pages Closer to a Cure for HIV By now you’ve probably heard about the $32 million, five-year federal grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health to researchers at the University of North Carolina to develop a cure...

The Genome on Drugs

27 May 2010

The Genome on Drugs Howard McLeod, PharmD, likes to have fun, though his definition of “fun” might not be what you’d expect. True, he enjoys playing sports with his kids and jamming on his electric guitar. But he also loves...

Focusing the Lens on Medicine

27 May 2010

Focusing the Lens on Medicine Few people can say they have turned their favorite childhood hobby into a career. But Weili Lin, Ph.D., still spends his days taking pictures, just as he did as a kid. Only now the images he captures...

A Nano-sized Delivery System Carries a Lethal Payload

27 May 2010

A Nano-sized Delivery System Carries a Lethal Payload In the war on cancer, it is not enough to have the most potent weapon in your arsenal. You must be able to deliver it – on target and with lethal efficiency. You need the...

NC TraCS Researcher Offers Perspective in NEJM

27 May 2010

NC TraCS Researcher Offers Perspective in New England Journal of Medicine Level IV Evidence — Adverse Anecdote and Clinical Practice Evidence-based medicine has become a popular phrase in health care over the last few years,...