health

Stop the pain before it starts

UNC researchers have discovered a new target for chronic pain treatment...
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Will Big Science Cure AIDS?

The story of UNC’s decades-long fight against HIV and its implications for the battle against...
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Safer Supplements

Millions of children live with anemia, and treating it can be dangerous. Carla Cerami’s lab...
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The Shedding Effect

UNC microbiologists pinpoint a gene that makes RSV one of the deadliest infections a baby...
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A new way to control diabetes

The EndoBarrier could help many people control their type 2 diabetes without drugs or surgery...
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The Birth Defects Detective

Andy Olshan is trying to solve some of the saddest mysteries of medicine...
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Chasing Pac-Man

Two UNC researchers design a biological test to individualize chemotherapy...
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The Genetics of Drug Side Effects

UNC School of Medicine’s William Valdar and James Crowley lead a quest to discover the...
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To tube or not to tube?

Every year, millions of children undergo surgery to have tubes placed in their ears. UNC...