Category: Clinical Trials

UNC Health patient advocate Missy Van Lokeren with her family

February 5, 2024

Cancer Patients Donate Tissue to Help Find New Treatments

UNC researchers are partnering with patient advocates on an innovative program.

Breast Cancer, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Patient Stories

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medical illustration of a brain with a red tumor inside the brain

January 24, 2024

How Medical Advances Are Improving Glioblastoma Care

Researchers are working to give people more time after a brain tumor diagnosis.

Brain Cancer, Cancer, Clinical Trials

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Close-upof pipette placing experimental vaccine intomicroplate

March 24, 2021

The Tale of mRNA

The vaccines were built on a decade of mRNA vaccine research.

Clinical Trials, Vaccines

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illustration of vaccine element at cellular level

August 10, 2020

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.

Clinical Trials, Infectious Diseases, Vaccines

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illustration of test tubes lined up in a formation, akin to superhero pose

July 28, 2020

From Lab to Bedside: How Clinical Trials Work

Here’s how clinical trials help advance our understanding of medicine.

Clinical Trials, Coronavirus

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A photograph of Sam Hollamon outside of the entrance to the UNC Children's Cochlear Implant Center.

July 24, 2019

A Mother’s Quest to Help Her Son Hear 

Clinical Trials, Ear, Nose, and Throat Health, Health, Hearing, Patient Stories, UNC Children's

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