health

Portrait of Karina Javalkar.

Kids’ Chronic Care

Imagine taking five or ten medications a day—before you even graduate high school. An undergrad...
Portrait of Andrea Azcarate-Peril in the lab.

Another Breastfeeding Benefit

Gut bacteria reveal that exclusively breastfed babies are better equipped for the transition to solids...
Photo of Elizabeth Shank in the lab, examining a petri dish.

The Bugs in Your Drugs

When it comes to fighting disease, bacteria do it better...
Portrait of Brian Strahl.

All the Cell’s a Stage

Brian Strahl and his band of biochemists unravel the complicated mysteries of the epigenetic code...
Illustration of a clock on a blank background, showing a long shadow.

Clockworks

Sixteen years after scientists found the genes that control the circadian clock in all cells...
Photo of Moses Bility in the lab looking at a test tube.

Just Add Liver

A tale of viruses, stem cells, and global health...
Photo of Flavio Frohlich looking at him computer as graduate student Michael Boyle attaches a head piece to graduate student Kristin Sellers.

Your Brain on Electricity

Something much subtler than ECT could be the new way to treat mental illness...
Photo of Spencer Smith working with the microscope that his lab created.

The Two-Photon Future

UNC neuroscientist Spencer Smith creates a new kind of microscope to study the brain like...
Photo of customers purchasing produce from a vendor at The Durham Farmers' Market.

The Root of the Problem

What is food insecurity? And why is it an issue in an agricultural state like...