
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.
Addiction, Innovation, Pain, Pharmacology, Physicians, Research
From less invasive treatments to new research on topics like ADHD and autism, learn more about the health issues that matter to you.
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.
Addiction, Innovation, Pain, Pharmacology, Physicians, Research
Why are black women's and white women's breast cancer outcomes so different? UNC researchers set out to find out.
The best cystic fibrosis treatment is the one tailor-made for you. Is it possible? Yes, say UNC researchers.
Mohs surgery can treat basal cell, squamous cell and melanomas
Allergies, Epidemiology, Food Allergies, Immunology, Physicians
UNC School of Medicine researchers pinpoint signaling problems in the progenitor cells crucial for proper neuron generation and organization.
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.
Children's Health, Collaboration, Gastroenterology, News, Nutrition, Studies
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.
Breast Cancer, Cancer, News, Social Justice, Studies, Women's Health
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.
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.
COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, News, Publications, Pulmonology, Research