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Diversity in discovery

23 May 2017

How would you best build the A-team for making life-changing discoveries? Studies and many scientists who run laboratories suggest that diverse research teams often make quicker scientific advances. Flavio Frohlich's lab at...

Mobile Clinic Offers Care to Farm Workers

17 May 2017

Once a week during the spring and summer growing season, Gayle Thomas, MD, and a group of other physicians, nurses, residents, and medical students make the drive to Benson, NC. Over an hour from Chapel Hill, down a flat stretch...

Another reason to exercise: burning bone fat – a key to better bone health

23 May 2017

UNC School of Medicine researchers use new imaging methods to show that running burns fat in bone marrow, with benefits for bone health. The best effect was seen in obese mice. Maya Styner, MD, was the study's lead author. CHAPEL...

Improving breast cancer outcomes in black women

17 May 2017

Finding genetic variations common in black women could improve breast cancer outcomes, reduce recurrence UNC Lineberger researchers Charles M. Perou, PhD, Katherine Hoadley, PhD, and Melissa Troester, PhD, co-authored a large,...

Strategy significantly boosts colorectal screening

23 May 2017

UNC Lineberger researchers led by Dan Reuland, MD, MPH, report in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine that providing one-on-one support and customized tools for decision-making increased screening...

Carolina's top 10 majors

16 May 2017

Spring Commencement at UNC-Chapel Hill recognizes the accomplishments of more than 6,000 Carolina students, including 3,807 undergraduates. Here's a look at the number of graduates for the most popular majors for the Class...

Report: Lifetime Trends in Biopharmaceutical Innovation

22 May 2017

What can a close look at the lifespan of medicines tell us about the drug industry? A lot, it turns out. That's the subject of a new in-depth report, jointly released earlier this year by STAT and QuintilesIMS Institute....

NCSU, UNC researchers use modified insulin, red blood cells to regulate blood sugar

09 May 2017

Raleigh, N.C. — Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new technique that uses modified insulin and red blood cells to create a glucose-responsive...

RFI: inclusion of pediatric and older populations in research studies

22 May 2017

Request for Information (RFI): Invitation to Comment on Inclusion in Clinical Research Across the Lifespan In response to scientific need and a congressional mandate in the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114-255), the National...

Brotherly Love, No Matter What

05 May 2017

UNC undergraduate Austin Ludwig works at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities to play a role in autism research he hopes will help millions of people, perhaps even his younger brother. When Austin Ludwig was...