Study finds dozens of associations between genes, diseases in minorities
The researchers at the University of North Carolina who conducted the PAGE study said the results are especially important in the context of precision medicine.
Study: Medicaid expansion a big factor in rural hospitals’ profitability
In states expanding Medicaid, rural hospitals saw a greater increase in Medicaid revenue than urban hospitals did.
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Transforming Patient Care: The Role of AI-Powered Assistants
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Boston Scientific launches AXIOS stent designed to help manage complications with pancreatitis
The AXIOS Stent and Electrocautery Enhanced Delivery System is designed to help physicians manage serious complications from pancreatitis using a minimally invasive endoscopic approach.
UNC spinout looking to one-up Kalydeco with one-size-fits-all cystic fibrosis therapy
Cystic fibrosis has become the poster child for precision medicine – most new therapies are carefully tailored to a CF patient’s genetic makeup. University of North Carolina spinout Spyryx Biosciences is proposing a one-size-fits-all approach to the disease: It’s developing a peptide-based therapy that, in theory, could be effective among all CF patients. This startup’s still pre-IND […]
Molecular diagnostics company GeneCentric collects $2.5 million for cancer tests
Using the genetic properties of tumors to classify them more specifically and determine whether they may respond to anti-angiogenic drugs has netted a two-year-old diagnostics firm a $2.5 million round. GeneCentric Diagnostics Inc. is now a commercial-stage company, said former LabCorp exec Dr. Myla Lai-Goldman, who is now CEO of GeneCentric and a venture partner […]
‘Raising the culinary bar’ makes for a better hospital patient experience
"It means I get three more, really good meals," said Heath, 29, of Wake Forest, N.C. "The foo...
Health Executives on Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
UNC spinout wants to help health workers wipe out surface contamination by harmful cancer drugs
Chemotherapy drugs used today are potent and nonselective, meaning they kill both cancerous and non-cancerous cells. That’s why many cancer patients experience so many troublesome side effects. It’s also why a pair of University of North Carolina researchers want the healthcare industry to remember to ask another question: Are these drugs handled as safely as […]
Could the gut microbiome be a key to improved drug efficacy with less toxicity?
Microorganisms may get a bad rap in a setting like a hospital, but in the world of research, they’re offering fascinating new insights into human health and disease. One group of researchers, for example, has linked microbial changes in the gut to the dose-limiting gastrointestinal side effects of certain drugs, and under a newly formed […]
Duke and UNC: Basketball rivals, but global teammates off the court
Duke University visits Chapel Hill tonight to play the University of North Carolina in a men’s college basketball matchup that will keep at least two-thirds of Research Triangle basketball fans riveted tonight. Even basketball observers outside of the Triangle call it the biggest rivalry in sports, or at least in college basketball. But the longtime […]
UNC gets $6.4M federal grant for genomics research
A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill genomics effort aimed at finding ways to turn the avalanche of genetic data into applications for patients has been awarded a $6.4 million federal grant. The grant, spread over four years, will establish the North Carolina Clinical Genomic Evaluation by NextGen Exome Sequencing, or NCGENES. Dr. James […]
The Funding Model for Cancer Innovation is Broken — We Can Fix It
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
UNC arthritis study gets a break: $3.25M CDC grant
A long-running arthritis study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a $3.25 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to follow up on patients first studied 20 years ago. More than 3,200 men and women from rural Johnston County, North Carolina are participating in the Johnston […]
N.C. public health nonprofit names executive director
The public health nonprofit Triangle Global Health Consortium has a new executive director. Matt Epstein takes the helm of the organization, which works to direct North Carolina’s healthcare resources to improve global public health. The consortium is a partnership comprised of academic institutions, businesses and nonprofits. It was founded in 2009 by Duke University, Family […]
UNC shares in $19.3M NCI grant to study breast cancer disparities
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is sharing in a $19.3 million National Cancer Institute grant to study why young, African-American women are at greater risk for breast cancer. UNC researchers are teaming with researchers at Boston University and Roswell Park Cancer Institute in the five-year study of the health disparity. With data […]
UNC-led research effort on HIV cure awarded $32M federal grant
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will lead a national research effort to find a cure for HIV with the support of a new $32 million federal grant. The five-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, will be administered by the […]
UNC scientists help find genomic regions key to cystic fibrosis
New cystic fibrosis research has found regions of the human genome that have a role in the disease and has provided a path to find new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to this disease and other lung conditions. The research, which includes the work of scientists from the School of Medicine at the University of North […]