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Chemotherapy

Portrait of Ned Sharpless in the lab.

Photo by Donn Young. ©2010 Endeavors magazine

Sleep for Cells

With new funding, a UNC startup is poised to halt the most devastating effects of chemotherapy.

Picture of Paola Gehrig and William Zamboni together in the lab

Chasing Pac-Man

Two UNC researchers design a biological test to individualize chemotherapy.

Scan of a mouse brain showing beams of radiation through it

Radiation Revolution

Designed to kill tumors, microbeams spare surrounding tissue.