Faulty Cell Signaling Derails Cerebral Cortex Development, Could It...
UNC School of Medicine researchers pinpoint signaling problems in the progenitor cells crucial for proper neuron generation and organization.
Category: Collaboration
UNC joins launch of SPARK, nation’s largest autism research study
Groundbreaking initiative combines web-based registry with DNA analysis to accelerate autism research and speed discovery of personalized treatments.
Sharing skills to save more lives
With only one physician in Malawi trained to perform the surgical procedure required to treat cervical cancer—radical hysterectomy—women died in large numbers from the disease. Two UNC OB-GYNs came up with a way to change that.
UNC School of Medicine Joins with AMA to Create Medical School of t...
UNC is one of 20 schools invited to join an AMA-sponsored consortium working to reshape how future physicians are trained.
Researchers from UNC Lineberger, Norway launch cancer genetics coll...
Researchers from Norway visited the cancer center last week to learn firsthand about UNCseq, a clinical trial launched in 2011 at the N.C. Cancer Hospital. In the trial, researchers use a profile of the genetic and molecular alterations in patients' tumors to try to identify targeted treatments for them.
Carolina, GSK announce novel partnership to accelerate search for H...
The HIV Cure center will be located on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus and will focus exclusively on finding a cure for HIV/AIDS.
UNC Project-China uses crowdsourcing to promote HIV Testing
UNC’s Project-China partnered with Social Entrepreneurship for Sexual Health (SESH) Global on a successful project that used crowdsourcing to promote awareness of the importance of HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM).
Researchers create DNA-based ‘nano-cocoons’ to attack and kill canc...
In cell lines, scientists at the joint UNC-NC State biomedical engineering program have shown that the new nano particles can stealthily enter cancer cells and release a known drug to attack tumors from the inside.
Building up Medical Education in Baghdad
A new collaboration between the UNC School of Medicine and the University of Baghdad aims to build a better medical education system throughout Iraq.
UNC-Malawi Surgical Initiative teams with Kamazu Central Hospital t...
The new facilities are the result of collaboration between the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Johnson & Johnson, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, and Kamuzu Central Hospital.
When the White House takes notice . . .
UNC School of Medicine graduate student Stephani Page uses Twitter to engage an online community of scientists.
Simple Diagnosis – Complicated Solution
The UNC Center for Heart and Vascular Care collaborates with specialists in the Raleigh area to provide care for the most complex heart cases. (This feature was originally published in UNC Health Care's Well Magazine, Winter 2014 issue)