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The Signal and the Noise

Henrik Dohlman discovered why seemingly identical cells might react differently to the drugs we use...
Scan of mice bones showing the level of fat in bone marrow. Far left: femur bones in sedentary mice fed a regular diet. This bone shows a medium amount of bone marrow fat. Second from left: exercising mice fed a regular diet. This shows very little amount of bone marrow fat. Third from left: sedentary mice fed a high-fat diet. This bone shows the highest amount of bone marrow fat. Far right: mice fed a high-fat diet but allowed to exercise. This bone shows a medium amount of bone marrow fat, although slightly higher than the far left bone.

Fat of the Bone

Maya Styner shows how a high-fat diet, exercise, and diabetes medications can change the insides...
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It’s the Mucins that Matter

UNC Marsico Lung Institute researchers overturn a controversial study and show how too many mucin...

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...