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Smart artificial beta cells could lead to new diabetes treatment

08 November 2017

Fluorescence image of the artificial beta cells. (Gu Lab, UNC-NC State) CHAPEL HILL, NC – Treating type 1 diabetes and some cases of type 2 diabetes has long required painful and frequent insulin injections or a mechanical...

Jensen and colleagues identify underlying causes of cardiotoxicity of new therapies used to treat cancers

01 November 2017

TraCS-funded research: Brian Jensen, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Brian Jensen, MD, associate professor of medicine and pharmacology, and colleagues identified for the first-time mechanisms underlying...

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices

08 November 2017

View the latest NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices for the week of Nov 3.

NC TraCS Seeking Nominations for the Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards

24 October 2017

The Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Awards honors outstanding achievements in clinical research from across the nation. The competition seeks to identify major advances in the biomedical field resulting from the nation's...

FDA approves eculizumab for generalized myasthenia gravis

08 November 2017

This study was done in the TraCS' CTRC (Manisha Chopra, study coordinator). UNC's James F. Howard, MD, was the lead investigator in the clinical trial that led to FDA approval. James F. Howard Jr., MD Yesterday the U.S....

A vision to guide Carolina's growth

24 October 2017

In its entire 223-year history, Carolina has never had one overarching vision to guide its growth. But that changed last spring when Chancellor Carol L. Folt introduced a new vision — The Blueprint for Next —...

For researchers submitting studies to the Scientific Review Committee

01 November 2017

A message from the UNC Network for Research Professionals Listserv: SRC Review/Meeting Schedule – November 2017-January 2018 To researchers planning to submit studies to the UNC Scientific Review Committee (SRC)...

Cradles of Love

17 October 2017

UNC researcher partners with NC State industrial design students to create innovative new bassinetWith the growing trend of keeping newborns in their mother's hospital room post-delivery, hospitals must ensure that mothers...

TraCS-funded research identifies causes of cardiotoxicity of new cancer therapies

01 November 2017

TraCS-funded research: Brian Jensen, MD, associate professor of medicine and pharmacology, and colleagues identified for the first-time mechanisms underlying the cardiotoxicity of kinase inhibitors used to treat cancer. ...

Carolina creates UNC Institute for Convergent Science

17 October 2017

With the Institute for Convergent Science, Carolina will lead the world in bringing scientific expertise together to improve people's lives, Chancellor Carol L. Folt said. "The UNC Institute for Convergent Science will be...