Study shines light on brain mechanism that controls reward enjoyment
UNC researchers manipulate brain wiring to identify inner workings of reward enjoyment.
View Articlereal doctors, real people - N.E.D.
N.E.D. is a rock band. The members of the band are gynecologic cancer surgeons from all over the country and two of them, Dr. John Boggess and Dr. John Soper, work here at UNC Health Care.
View ArticleLuella Love: New Lungs for a New Life
A 48-year-old Concord woman receives a double-lung transplant, giving her a second chance at life, a life her mother had been told wouldn’t exceed her daughter’s entry to kindergarten.
View ArticleNorth Carolina Women’s Hospital Receives Prestigious International Award
March 22, 2012 Albany, NY - Baby-Friendly® USA, announces that North Carolina Women’s Hospital has received prestigious international recognition as a Baby-Friendly® birth facility.
View ArticleRN: Real Nurses - Gina Althoff
Gina Althoff, a nurse at UNC Hospitals, describes herself as "not very outgoing" at work. But if you happen to be one of the many participants sweating it out in her Les Mills Body Combat class in...
View ArticleA. Wesley Burks Elected President of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma...
Dr. Burks is Chair of Pediatrics in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief at the North Carolina Children's Hospital.
View ArticleUNC Family Medicine Achieves Highest Quality Rating
The UNC Family Medicine Center has received a Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home designation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Level 3 is the highest quality rating possible.
View ArticleA supercharged protein reduces damage from heart attack
UNC researchers tap into the body’s own repair system to protect heart cells after an attack. The approach could also help prevent cardiac damage in cancer patients.
View ArticleCreation of UNC Global Women’s Health
UNC Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Disease are pleased to announce the creation of UNC Global Women’s Health.
View ArticleStructure of ‘Salvia’ receptor solved
A research team has determined the structure of the kappa-opioid receptor — site of action of the widely abused hallucinogen Salvia divinorum – solving longstanding scientific mysteries and offering...
View ArticleDrug helps purge hidden HIV virus, study shows
This study is the first to demonstrate that the biological mechanism that keeps the HIV virus hidden and unreachable by current antiviral therapies can be targeted and interrupted in humans, providing...
View ArticleProtein complex affects cells’ ability to move, respond to external cues
A team of UNC researchers has explained for the first time how a long-studied protein complex affects cell migration and how external cues affect cell’s ability to migrate.
View ArticleUNC researchers: Benefits of varenicline (Chantix) may balance certain risks
Drs. Christine E. Kistler and Adam Goldstein discuss how clinicians can better have conversations about the balance between short-term risk of adverse cardiovascular events associated with taking...
View ArticleHealing and Helping - Gretchen Smith
As a UNC Health Care Employee Ambassador, Gretchen Smith was able to earn a $250 donation for the Chatham Conservation Partnership in recognition of her volunteer efforts.
View ArticleSmall DNA circles found outside the chromosomes in mammalian cells and...
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped identify a new DNA entity in mammalian cells and provided evidence that their generation leaves behind deletions in...
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