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3-D computer program helps athletes improve techniques, can even predict performance
CHAPEL HILL -- Though a well-timed discus throw or the powerful leap of a successful long jump might seem the product of muscle strength and pure athletic talent, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher says each actually is the product of mechanics, geometry and science.
Goldstein, Traveling Science Laboratory, outreach education programs among those honored by Carolina Center for Public Service
CHAPEL HILL -- A public service-minded medical faculty member, an innovative traveling science laboratory, other outreach education projects, and students and staff are among the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill people and programs recently singled out for honors by the Carolina Center for Public Service.
UNC’s 10th annual schizophrenia symposium aims to raise awareness
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Schizophrenia is an illness that is twice as common as Alzheimer's disease. More than 2 million Americans cope with this brain disease, which affects the ability to process information, organize thoughts and perceive the environment. An estimated one out of 100 people will develop schizophrenia in his or her lifetime.
Scientists find genetic key to TB bacteria survival in lung cells
CHAPEL HILL -- New research led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientist shows for the first time how Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the germ responsible for TB, uses a system for releasing proteins to help it survive the lungs’ immune defenses to spread and cause disease.
UNC advances three places to 17th in NSF’s federal academic science, engineering ranking
CHAPEL HILL -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill placed 17th in the National Science Foundation’s just-released report on federal academic science and engineering obligations for fiscal 2001– advancing three spots from the fiscal 2000 funding totals.
Adolescent obesity largely caused by lack of physical activity, study finds
CHAPEL HILL -- An analysis of federal health data by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill nutrition researcher suggests that lack of physical activity, not excessive caloric intake, is responsible for the growing rate of adolescent obesity.
UNC expands historic schizophrenia study to incorporate newest antipsychotic drug
CHAPEL HILL -- Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine are expanding nationwide clinical trials of antipsychotic medications to include the latest schizophrenia drug to receive approval for market use from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Research shows cocaine ‘reward’ picture more complicated than scientists thought
CHAPEL HILL -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists working with colleagues at Duke University have discovered that even after dopamine and norepinephrine systems are disrupted in specially modified laboratory animals, cocaine still provides reinforcing “rewards” to animals that ingest it.
Enzyme structure holds key to cocaine, heroin metabolism; implications for treatment, defense against chemical weapons
CHAPEL HILL -- A study led by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers the first molecular explanation of how the body metabolizes and detoxifies cocaine and heroin.
Anesthesiology Pain Management Center at UNC Hospitals named one of “35 Top Pain Centers”
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Anesthesiology Pain Management Center at UNC Hospitals is named one of “35 Top Pain Centers” in the May 2003 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.
Pisano will collaborate on project to develop diagnosis system for breast cancer
Dr. Etta Pisano, professor of radiology and chief of breast imaging in the UNC School of Medicine and co-leader of the UNC Lineberger Breast Cancer Program, will serve as a medical collaborator on a grant to develop a computer-aided-diagnosis system to assist radiologists in interpretation of MRI images of the breast.
Seed grants to support research on ovarian cancer, melanoma, other cancers
CHAPEL HILL -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has awarded seven seed grants worth a total of $197,500 for new studies in cancer research.
Cary Oncology hires new regional practice administrator
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Cary Oncology, an outpatient cancer treatment clinic owned and operated by UNC Health Care, has hired Wade C. Adams as its regional practice administrator.
UNC scientists turn human skin cells into insulin-producing cells
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have transformed cells from human skin into cells that produce insulin, the hormone used to treat diabetes.
