UNC School of Medicine’s William Valdar and James Crowley lead a quest to discover the genetic underpinnings of drug side effects.

A flammable component in many of our electronics could soon be a thing of the past.

Every year, millions of children undergo surgery to have tubes placed in their ears. UNC researchers are reviewing years of studies to see whether this common surgery is always necessary.

In the shade of the longleaf pine, some N.C. plants find relief from global warming.

UNC’s Patrick Giguere uncovers a single sodium ion that regulates how pain medications work in the brain, a key discovery that carries the promise of a better class of drugs.

Designed to kill tumors, microbeams spare surrounding tissue.

What messages are children's movies sending about weight?

An estimated thirty million people in Africa carry HIV. In the battle against the virus, Carolina researchers have launched two new efforts — the first treatment study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Africa and the first trial in South Africa of a vaccine that contains genetic material from the HIV strain most prevalent in that country.