Research

Building a Better Opioid

Building a better pain medication, one step at a time: scientists at UNC have made a discovery that may eliminate opioid side effects one day.

Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Outcomes Are About More Than Bi...

Why are black women's and white women's breast cancer outcomes so different? UNC researchers set out to find out.

Better Cystic Fibrosis Treatment in One Simple Test

The best cystic fibrosis treatment is the one tailor-made for you. Is it possible? Yes, say UNC researchers.

How Mohs Surgery Is Changing the Way Skin Cancer Is Treated

Mohs surgery can treat basal cell, squamous cell and melanomas

Can Asthma Be Controlled with a Vitamin Supplement?

Is There a Connection Between Pesticides and Autism?

UNC School of Medicine researchers see changes in mouse neurons that may begin to explain how what we eat affects brain development

Red Meat Making Your Patient Sick? This Could Be Why

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.

UNC launches new study to uncover nutritional impacts on early brai...

Researchers are using state-of-the-art imaging techniques and collecting data on dietary nutrient intake, feeding practices, and gut microbiota abundance and diversity to elucidate the links between nutrition, the microbiome, and brain maturation processes in early childhood.

Aggressive breast cancers may contribute to racial survival dispari...

UNC Lineberger researchers led by Melissa Troester, PhD, published results of an analysis of approximately 1,000 invasive breast tumors. The study confirmed that young black women are more likely to have "triple negative," or "basal-like," breast cancer.

NIH grant to help UNC researchers explore microRNA as route to Alzh...

The National Institute on Aging awarded a $2.6-million, five-year grant to UNC’s Mohanish Deshmukh’s lab to explore miR-29, a key molecule that helps mature brain cells avoid death.

Scientists create stem cell therapy for lung fibrosis conditions

Through a joint UNC School of Medicine-NC State research project shows how to harvest lung stem cells non-invasively and then multiply healthy cells – a potentially powerful therapy against inflammatory lung conditions.