Treating Transverse myelitis, a Rare Spinal Cord Disease
Transverse myelitis causes disability and pain, but recovery can be possible with early treatment.
Category: Research
Can Gene Editing Treat Angelman Syndrome?
Scientists have determined how to overcome a genetic mutation at the center of this debilitating neurodevelopmental condition.
A Presidential Experiment: What are Monoclonal Antibodies?
One of the therapies used to treat Trump is an approach being tested at UNC.
Identifying Gender and Racial Disparities in Heart Attack Care
UNC researchers are spreading the word about these disparities and starting a conversation about how to change them.
Cancer Treatment: We’ve Come a Long Way and the Future is Hopeful
Survival rates have drastically improved in recent decades, and physician-researchers are working toward more personalized treatments.
FDA Approves Groundbreaking Rescue Treatment for Cluster Seizures
The nasal spray is the first medication approved in more than 20 years to treat this symptom of epilepsy.
Could This Ancient Treatment Cure Diabetes?
Research shows bloodletting could help manage or treat diabetes.
Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Outcomes Are About More Than Bi...
Black women and white women have different breast cancer outcomes -- and it's not all about biology. UNC researchers want the answers.
Thanks to a UNC research project, she can walk again
As UNC geneticist Jonathan Berg gears up to lead a $9.7-million renewal of the NCGENES project, we look at a story from the original study and how it changed the fortunes of a woman from Goldsboro, NC.
Gene Therapy, Genetics, Genome, News, Patient Stories, Research
UNC researchers lead clinical trial evaluating potential treatment ...
A phase 2, double-blind study of the investigational medication, brexanolone, in the treatment of women with severe PPD published in The Lancet. Clinical trials are currently underway at UNC.
Brain Health, Depression, Families, Mental Health, Pregnancy and Maternal Health, Research, Studies, Treatment, Wellness, Women's Health
Predicting Autism: Study Links Infant Brain Connections to Diagnose...
In two previous studies, University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues linked infant brain anatomy differences to autism diagnoses at age two. Now they show differences in functional connections between brain regions at 6 months to predict autism at age two.
Autism, Brain Health, Children's Health, Mental Health, News, Publications, Research, Studies
Ten-year study shows steady increase in type 1, 2 diabetes in U.S. ...
The study found there was an average of 1.8 percent increase each year of youth with newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetes and an average of 4.8 percent per year increase of newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes cases among the same population.