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Making genomes make sense
CHAPEL HILL, NC – Sometimes, technology progresses faster than our ability to take advantage of it.
RN: Real Nurses - Barbara Riff
Parking difficulties inspired Barbara Riff to take motorcycle lessons with her son. Now she commutes to work via motorcycle and frequently takes motorcycle trips for fun.
New JAMA study shows stepped-care intervention results in weight loss at lower cost, UNC's Deborah Tate co-author
A customized weight loss program may cost less to implement – despite having similar results – than a traditional weight loss program, according to a study published in the June 27 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Cancer Rumors: What Are They and How They May Help People Cope, Make Sense of Diagnosis
What are cancer rumors and why do people share them?
Todd Auman, PhD, appointed director of UNC Lineberger’s Tissue Procurement Facility
Todd Auman, PhD, has been appointed director of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Tissue Procurement Facility.
Exercise, even mild physical activity, may reduce breast cancer risk
A new analysis done by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers has found that physical activity - either mild or intense and before or after menopause - may reduce breast cancer risk, but substantial weight gain may negate these benefits.
Carey helps mark New England Journal of Medicine’s 200th anniversary
Presents invited lecture at Harvard Medical School
Liquidia announces product development collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline
Newly-Formed Collaboration to Focus on Vaccines and Inhaled Therapeutics
Genetic Marker in the Vitamin D Receptor Gene Associated With Increased Overall Survival for Pancreatic Cancer Patients
By Jeremy Moore
Transplant survivors face chronic financial stressors
Following a blood stem cell transplant, survivors can face serious economic challenges that may negatively affect their quality of life.
Two UNC Lineberger faculty honored by Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Carey Anders, MD, and William Kim, MD, were awarded grants from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.
Dr. Lisa Carey authors editorial on neoadjuvant trials for breast cancer
Lisa Carey, MD, authored an editorial, titled “Neoadjuvant Trials of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Targeting: How Many Drugs Do We Need?”
Genetic pattern predicts response, metastasis in melanoma
A gene known to be mutated in many different cancers, but thought to be relatively unimportant in melanoma, may be a key indicator of how the disease will respond to radiation therapy and whether it will spread.
Dibbert elected president of National Association of Cancer Center Development Officers
Chapel Hill, NC – Debbie C. Dibbert, Director of External Affairs at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been elected president of the National Association of Cancer Center Development Officers (NACCDO). She will serve a two-year term.
A Summer Final Four: Help Cornucopia House Win $25,000
Votes, not baskets, will propel Cornucopia House to the Final Four in a national competition for a $25K mobile technology grant from AtlanticBT.
Combination therapy for triple-negative breast cancer disappointing
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A recent clinical trial testing a combination therapy for basal-like (also known as triple-negative) breast cancer demonstrates that a combination of two drugs with promising preclinical results is not as effective as researchers had hoped.
Jennifer Bowman named Hometown Hero for June 11
WCHL named Jennifer Bowman a Hometown Hero for June 11, 2012. Each weekday the station selects a Hometown Hero who goes “over and above the call of duty,” exemplifying excellent service and dedication to others in the community.
Gene inactivation drives spread of melanoma
Chapel Hill, NC – Why do some cancers spread rapidly to other organs and others don’t metastasize? A team of UNC researchers led by Norman Sharpless, MD, have identified a key genetic switch that determines whether melanoma, a lethal skin cancer, spreads by metastasis.
Mayer appointed to term on Cancer Survivorship Committee
Deborah Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, associate professor in the UNC School of Nursing, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Cancer Survivorship Committee of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
UNC Lineberger member James Evans quoted in Nature
James P. Evans, MD, PhD, Bryson Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Medicine, is quoted in an article discussing the fetal genome and the possibility of clinic procedures being introduced in the next couple of years.
