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25674
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Immunologist Jon Serody studies immune cells that cause graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). When GVHD occurs, a patient’s immune system rejects bone marrow transplants, and transplanted cells invade the organs and bore holes in tissue. Serody recently found that symptoms of GVHD depend on which tissues are attacked, and the most commonly targeted organs include the skin, gastrointestinal tract, liver, and lungs.
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Terrence Holt previously taught English and creative writing, but switched careers to become a geriatrician following his father’s death. Holt began to incorporate both careers by asking cancer patients in UNC’s chemotherapy clinic if they would like to write their personal stories. Holt is now a contributing editor and website columnist.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 3, Spring 2010, p22-25, por Periodical Website
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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.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 3, Spring 2010, p39-43, il, por Periodical Website
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Strains of tuberculosis have mutated and become resistant to multiple drugs due to decades of inconsistent drug supplies, drug shortages, and poor drug quality. According to UNC researchers, we are potentially getting close to a bacteria that we have no tools or weapons against. In response, they are studying causes of the disease and exploring new treatment options for patients in Africa.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 1, Fall 2008, p18-23, il, por Periodical Website
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25732
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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.
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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.
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Bird flu is a danger wherever people mingle with birds, especially in crowded, unsanitary conditions. For years, the H5N1 bird flu has been considered an imminent threat to public health because it can transfer from birds to humans. UNC researcher Ray Pickles is trying to find what can prevent the bird flu from becoming a pandemic.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 3, Spring 2009, p37-39, il, por Periodical Website
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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.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 2, Winter 2008, p10-15, il, por Periodical Website
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25870
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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.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 2, Winter 2007, p38-41, il, por Periodical Website
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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.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p10-15, il, por Periodical Website
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25880
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UNC researchers are exploring how hypnosis can help patients with irritable bowel syndrome. According to Olafur Palsson, an associate professor of medicine, hypnosis can alleviate pain and discomfort by shifting a patient’s focus to positive and interesting things.
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Researchers devised a new theory about how some autoimmune diseases work. Contrary to previous beliefs, autoimmunity is suspected to be triggered by antisense proteins. The theory is that genetic makeup and other factors come together to cause autoimmune diseases.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Spring 2004, p27-32, il, por Periodical Website
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Recently, federal and state policy makers have been debating how to ensure that laws protect privacy while allowing valid research uses of medical information. Carolina faculty members believe researchers should always obtain subjects’ informed consent, and attempt to balance society’s needs with patients’ rights.
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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.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 14 Issue 1, Fall 1997, p16-17, il Periodical Website
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A multidisciplinary research team is studying electrical and chemical malfunctions that can cause heart attacks. Using a chemist’s sensor, cardiologists hope to be able to predict a heart attack before it happens.
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