Record #:

25802

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Oliver Smithies won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, and is UNC’s first Nobel Prize winner. Smithies developed the initial method for gene targeting that led to mice that model hundreds of human diseases.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 2, Winter 2008, p10-15, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Prizes; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25870

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Microbiologist Bob Johnston and others are working on new approaches to HIV prevention. They aim to find vectored vaccines that could provide immunization against HIV, and herbs that naturally disrupt virus replication.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 2, Winter 2007, p38-41, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

AIDS (Disease) vaccines; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25737

Author(s):

Hardy, Susan

Abstract:

Anna Spagnoli’s research in pediatric endocrinology might lead to a new treatment for nonhealing broken bones known as fracture nonunions. She anticipates that stem cell treatments can help to regenerate bone tissue in children.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p42-43, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Stem cell research; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25548

Author(s):

Nathe, Margarite

Abstract:

Professor of emergency medicine Laurence Katz started UNC’s hypothermia program in 2007, and recently formed Hibernaid, a company dedicated to creating new drugs for therapeutic hypothermia. Katz hopes to expand hypothermia programs and research to other hospitals.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 27 Issue 3, Spring 2011, p36-37, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Emergency medical services--North Carolina; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25535

Author(s):

Raines, Alex

Abstract:

UNC researcher Carol Otey discovered the protein palladin in 1991. Otey and Teri Brenthall of the University of Washington found palladin to be the source of a genetic mutation in pancreatic cancer. Siince this discovery, Otey and UNC pancreatic researcher H.J. Kim have found nine additional forms of palladin. They believe palladin acts as a protective barrier around tumors to resist chemotheraphy drugs.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Winter 2011, p26-29, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

26205

Author(s):

Horn, Dottie

Abstract:

The long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse often go unseen. UNC School of Medicine researchers Mark Corrigan and James Garbutt investigate which aspects of childhood sexual abuse, such has early age of onset, most negatively affect psychiatric outcomes in adulthood.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Spring 1991, p7-9, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sexual abuse--Children; Psychiatry--Research; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25668

Author(s):

Hardy, Susan

Abstract:

UNC chemists aim to decode the genome of HIV, a RNA-based virus, to model its genetic structure. They hope to decode different stages of the HIV structure and then make a movie of how it looks over its replication cycle. This could provide insight to new ideas for therapies and targeted responses to HIV and AIDS.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 2, Winter 2010, p20-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Genomics; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25732

Author(s):

Voss, Meagen

Abstract:

For decades, scientists have been studying a protein associated with inflammatory pain, but made little progress until Mark Zylka discovered an enzyme called prostatic acid phosphatase. Zylka is now developing the enzyme to be used as an noninvasive medical treatment.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25873

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

UNC professor of medicine Adam Goldstein co-founded a nonprofit organization of volunteers who speak about their tragic experiences with cigarette smoking to North Carolina middle and high school students. Goldstein and other researchers are also advocating for laws that restrict secondhand smoke pollution in public spaces.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p10-15, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Smoking; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25669

Author(s):

Nathe, Margarite

Abstract:

The Khmer Rouge was a radical communist group who wiped out nearly a quarter of Cambodia’s population in the late 1970s. UNC researcher, Jeffrey Sonis, is studying the remaining Khmer Rouge leaders and Cambodians testifying about the executions, forced labor, torture and rapes. His research focuses on their mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 2, Winter 2010, p24-25, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mental illness; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Cambodia

Record #:

25682

Author(s):

Nathe, Margarite

Abstract:

Thomas Egan and his team are testing new technology that could drastically increase the number of lungs suitable for transplant. Egan thinks it could also help surgeons to draw from a donor pool that no one has ever before considered.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 3, Spring 2010, p39-43, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25491

Author(s):

Broadfoot, Marla Vacek

Abstract:

Medical researchers at UNC Chapel Hill are pursuing new methods to treat diseases more quickly and efficiently. To speed up the approval process of new drugs, UNC researchers advise scientists to collaborate, communicate the implications of their work, and be open to entrepreneurial thinking.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 28 Issue 1, Fall 2011, p6-11, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Public health--Research; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25552

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

J. Victor Garcia-Martinez and his lab at UNC transplanted human cells into mice to study diseases particular to humans. Their human-mouse model is the first of its kind and has enabled new possibilities for AIDS research. The Garcia-Martinez lab used the model to find that the Truvada drug can prevent HIV transmission.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 27 Issue 1, Fall 2010, p12-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

AIDS (Disease); Medicine--Research; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25667

Author(s):

Mole, Beth

Abstract:

UNC researchers have been researching HIV prevention and treatment, sexually transmitted disease management, and malaria vaccine development in Lilongwe, Malawi. They are using spatial-epidemiology data in vaccine trials to study communities vulnerable to mosquitos with malaria and to determine their response to treatments.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 2, Winter 2010, p16-19, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Disease; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools; AIDS (Disease)

Record #:

26144

Author(s):

Zubritsky, Elizabeth

Abstract:

Rick Tidwell, professor of pathology, put together a consortium aimed at creating new drugs designed to fight deadly infections quickly. They developed a new drug that can be administrated in liquid form, similar to cough syrup.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 14 Issue 1, Fall 1997, p16-17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicine--Innovations; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools