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Newly designed viral vectors could lead to improved gene therapies

27 June 2017

UNC and University of Florida researchers created viruses to deliver gene therapies while evading pre-existing immune system responses. Aravind Asokan, PhD, led the research team at UNC. CHAPEL HILL, NC – For many patients,...

Carolinas Collaborative grant application deadline extended

15 June 2017

The deadline for receipt of Carolinas Collaborative pilot applications is now Thursday, July 6th (formerly Wednesday, June 21st). In order to promote inter-institutional collaborations and increase the utilization of resources,...

CTSA Program Investigators Collaborate to Enhance Newborn Screening

27 June 2017

Don Bailey, Ph.D., director of the Center for Newborn Screening, Ethics, and Disability Studies at RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, had been on a quest to collect evidence to support the inclusion...

NIH launches Next Generation Researchers Initiative

14 June 2017

On June 8, the NIH launched the Next Generation Researchers Initiative (NGRI) to bolster support for early-stage and mid-career investigators to address longstanding challenges faced by researchers trying to embark upon and...

Ideation Challenge: Good Questions Meet Big Data

27 June 2017

Up to $10,000 in Prizes DEADLINE: July 13, 2017 11:59PM Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center and the Crowd Innovation Laboratory at Harvard Business School invite you to participate...

Big Data focus of UNC Health Informatics Symposium

14 June 2017

Emerging theme of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Informatics Symposium — getting the right data to the right person at the right time In 2015, US national health expenditures totaled $3.2 trillion,...

Symposium Gathers Teams of Researchers to Address Opioid Addiction and Overdose

26 June 2017

Drug overdoses are among the few causes of death on the rise, and now kill more people than guns or motor vehicles. From 2014 to 2015 alone, the number of drug deaths in North Carolina increased by 22%, over half attributed...

Is the finger-stick blood test necessary for type 2 diabetes treatment?

14 June 2017

In the first large pragmatic trial of its kind in the United States, results from a UNC School of Medicine study show that checking finger-stick blood sugars may not help diabetes patients who do not use insulin. Chapel Hill,...

Return of Individual-Specific Research Results Generated in Research Laboratories

16 June 2017

The NIH, in collaboration with the FDA, and CMS has announced the launch of a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that will convene a committee to review and evaluate the return of individual-specific...

President Trump to appoint Norman Sharpless director of NCI

12 June 2017

UNC Lineberger Director Norman E. Sharpless, MD, is being considered as the next director of the nation's top cancer agency. CHAPEL HILL, NC — President Donald Trump today announced his intent to appoint Norman...