February

Funding helps UNC researchers find a genetic link to autism

As part of a four site network, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers are exploring whether there is a genetic link to autism.

Moving clinical trials overseas tests the system’s safety, efficacy

Major U.S. drug companies are increasingly performing clinical trials in developing countries, raising serious concerns about the efficacy, ethics and economics of drug development, according to a study by two UNC researchers in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Triad Golfers Against Cancer fund pharmacologic research at UNC Lineberger

Howard McLeod, Pharm.D., has received a $56,000 grant from the Triad Golfers Against Cancer.

Back by popular demand: 2009 UNC Mini-Medical School

The annual Mini-Medical School series is back again with a program of lectures and discussions hosted by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Matters of the Heart: Helping a family member with heart disease

Cam Patterson, M.D., chief of cardiology for UNC Health Care, explains five things you can do to help a friend or family member who has heart disease.

UNC study: New genomic test may guide breast cancer treatment choices

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new genomic test designed to help clinicians predict which breast cancer patients are most likely to survive the disease and which treatments may be most effective in increasing those chances of survival.

Pillow Talk: When your valentine has had a heart attack

Drs. Cam Patterson and Paula Miller, both UNC Health Care cardiologists, tackle a taboo subject: Is it OK for a couple to resume their sex life after one of them has had a heart attack? And if so, what do they need to be aware of?

UNC study hints at new approaches to prevent transplant rejection

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered what seems to trigger the immune system to attack transplanted cells.

UNC seeking participants for anorexia nervosa couples therapy trial

Developed by the UNC School of Medicine Eating Disorders Program and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, Uniting Couples (in the treatment of) Anorexia Nervosa, or UCAN, is the first and only NIH-funded trial of treatment for anorexia that emphasizes couple therapy.

New muscular dystrophy cooperative research center established at UNC

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a five-year, $7 million grant to establish a muscular dystrophy research center named in honor of the late Sen. Paul D. Wellstone of Minnesota, who earned his undergraduate and doctoral degrees at UNC.