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25827
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Jane Brown, professor of journalism and mass communication, led a project interviewing teenagers about their sexual attitudes and behaviors. Results suggest that the media is how adolescents receive sex education. Brown encourages parents to be open and talk with their kids early about sexual content.
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25894
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The highest number of hurricanes has occurred in coastal North Carolina, making the state extremely vulnerable to flooding and other disastrous impacts. UNC researchers are conducting studies to learn about community evacuation decisions and disaster response, and to develop models that predict storm surge and ecological changes resulting from hurricanes.
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25896
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Richard Weisler, an adjunct professor of psychiatry, mapped the locations of cancer deaths and suicides and found they were within proximity to asphalt plants in Salisbury, North Carolina. Hydrogen sulfide, a chemical emitted from asphalt plants, is suspected to affect mood and responses to stress.
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Breast cancer advocates are changing how research gets done by lobbying for increased funding, helping decide what gets funded, and even evaluating research products such as drugs. New research directions at UNC include the Specialized Programs in Research Excellence, which unites researchers, clinicians, and patients in advancing breast cancer studies.
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Researchers affiliated with UNC’s Laboratories for Reproductive Biology are working on a vaccine that could serve as birth control for men. They discovered a protein critical to movement of sperm cells. Targeting the protein could stop sperm from making it to the female reproductive tract.
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UNC researchers completed the first study to link a genetic variation with a chronic pain disorder. They found that women who had tiny variations in the COMT gene were more sensitive to pain then men.
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25906
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Al Banes, professor of orthopedics and biomedical engineering, leads a research team aiming to develop bioartificial tendons. Their study suggests a possible new clinical use for anabolic steroids to help increase healing and regeneration after surgeries such as rotator cuff repairs.
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Biochemist Jack Griffith developed techniques that let scientists see the finer details of DNA, and created the first electron microscope images of chromosomes. His lab recently used electron microscopy to map the DNA involved in Fragile X syndrome, a developmental disorder.
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26007
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With the help of an RNA test, UNC doctors uncovered signs of an outbreak that could easily have gone unnoticed. Two North Carolina college students were diagnosed with an acute HIV infection, which could have turned into a public health threat.
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26009
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Researchers are trying to learn how bacteria and periodontal disease are linked to premature birth and heart disease. Gum infections can enable invasive bacteria to get into the bloodstream and cause inflammatory problems in vital arteries.
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The Asheville Project began to help patients manage their diabetes, and to give pharmacists opportunities to have more meaningful practices. The project has since expanded to include high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and asthma on a national level.
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26018
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Professors of pathology and laboratory medicine at UNC Chapel Hill and East Carolina University are developing freeze-dried blood platelets. Once rehydrated, the platelets could help army medics to stop internal bleeding.
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26022
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Researchers from Carolina’s Southern Oral History Program made a documentary of Grifton, a town devastated by Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Residents were interviewed about their recovery and coping experiences.
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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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26046
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The Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) is one of the largest university-based nuclear physics labs in the nation. Tom Clegg, professor of physics and astronomy, trains students to build ion equipment and run experiments to learn how dark energy affects galaxy evolution.
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