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New clues to genetics of depression are ‘game-changing’

Researchers have identified 44 genomic variants, or loci, with a statistically significant association with depression. The meta-analysis involves research with more than 135,000 people with major depression and more than 344,000...

Microbes, metals, and malignancy

Janelle C. Arthur, PhD When immunologist Janelle Arthur was training as a postdoc at UNC nearly a decade ago, she proposed a project looking at how a Western diet – rich in salt, fat, and red meat – might increase the risk...

Science & Society workshop series at UNC tomorrow

Advances in technology and online information sharing have led to increased public access to scientific information – both credible and not – and to the proliferation of highly sophisticated efforts to deliberately misinform...

Today's your day to ask Francis Collins anything

Have a burning question for the NIH director? Here's your chance to ask. Francis Collins is hosting an Ask Me Anything chat, or AMA, on Reddit at 2 p.m. EST today. Before he ran the NIH, Collins played a critical role...

Improving Methods for Conducting PCOR to be released June 1

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will be releasing the “Improving Methods for Conducting PCOR” funding announcement on June 1, 2018. PCORI seeks to fund projects that address important methodological...

It's all about the data

photo: Melanie Busbee/UNC-Chapel Hill For anyone who's ever conducted an old-school chart audit, some benefits of using electronic health records (EHRs) in research or quality improvement initiatives are fairly obvious. No...

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