The Tale of mRNA
The vaccines were built on a decade of mRNA vaccine research.
Category: Clinical Trials
How to Participate in a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial
A phase III clinical trial for the vaccine produced by Moderna is seeking 30,000 participants across the country.
From Lab to Bedside: How Clinical Trials Work
Here’s how clinical trials help advance our understanding of medicine.
A Mother’s Quest to Help Her Son Hear
Clinical Trials, Ear, Nose, and Throat Health, Health, Hearing, Patient Stories, UNC Children's
New UNC Lineberger faculty recruited to launch T-cell cancer therap...
Two new faculty members have joined the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to help launch groundbreaking immunotherapy clinical trials that will test an experimental treatment in which patients’ own immune cells are genetically engineered to fight their cancer.
War vet receives his hearing back
Dr. Oliver Adunka, an ENT surgeon at UNC Health Care, was able to get Dac Carpenter into a clinical trial that installed a sound bridge in one ear. That allows Dac to hear just like he did before he was injured.
Milk thistle, taken by many people for liver disease, ineffective a...
Silymarin or “milk thistle,” a popular herbal dietary supplement that many people take for liver ailments, works no better than placebo in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.
Chronic Illness, Clinical Trials, Hepatitis C, Hepatology, Nutrition, Treatment, Wellness
Pain relief with PAP injections may last 100 times longer than a tr...
UNC researchers describe how exploiting the molecular mechanism behind acupuncture resulted in six-day pain relief in animal models. They call this new therapeutic approach PAPupuncture.
Clinical Trials, Innovation, Pain Management, Research, Treatment