October 4, 2010
UNC Scientist Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Project Focuses on Efficient, Low-Cost Genetic Analysis
Category: News Archives
September 30, 2010
UNC Scientists Confirm Four Molecular Subtypes for Most Common Lung Cancer
CHAPEL HILL, NC – Squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common types of lung cancer, but scientists haven’t been sure what triggers its development. UNC researchers have taken the first step towards a better understanding of how the disease develops at the molecular and cellular level, for the first time definitively documenting at …
September 30, 2010
Goldberg Quoted in Oncology Times
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The article “Helping Prevent Suicide in Cancer Patients – Those Thinking of It Won’t Tell Unless You Ask” written by Robert H. Carlson and published in the September 25, 2010 issue of Oncology Times quotes N.C. Cancer Hospital physician-in-chief and UNC Lineberger associate director of clinical research Richard Goldberg, MD. The …
September 29, 2010
UNC Scientists Receive Grant to Develop Nanotechnology for Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
CHAPEL HILL, NC – A team of UNC scientists has received a five-year $2,308,800 grant from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnerships to address the critical need for early diagnosis of and more effective treatments for pancreatic cancer. Wenbin Lin, PhD, professor of chemistry and pharmacy, and Jen Jen Yeh, MD, assistant professor …
September 27, 2010
National Cancer Institute awards $13.6 million to UNC’s Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $13.6 million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (C-CCNE) based at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, for research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer through applying/using advances in nanotechnology. The …
September 22, 2010
Sharpless Featured in Current Issue of endeavors
The article "How Old Are You, Really?" written by Mark Derewicz and published in the Fall 2010 issue of Endeavors magazine features UNC Lineberger member Ned Sharpless, MD. Dr. Sharpless is an associate professor of medicine and genetics and associate director for translational research at UNC Lineberger.
September 22, 2010
UNC Scientists to Study Pregnancy, Obesity and Breast Cancer Disparities
CHAPEL HILL, NC – UNC scientists have received a five-year $2.2 million grant to study how factors such as pregnancy and obesity may promote susceptibility to an aggressive subtype of breast cancer that is more prevalent in young, African American patients. The grant is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Breast Cancer …
September 16, 2010
Nielsen Comments on Prostate Cancer Screening in The U.S. News & World Report
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The article “Skip the PSA Test for Prostate Cancer?” written by Deborah Kotz and published in The U.S. News & World Report on September 15, 2010 quotes UNC Lineberger member Matthew Nielsen, MD. The article discusses recent studies that focus on PSA (prostate specific antigen) tests and whether or not …
September 16, 2010
Study Describes First Purification of Cancer Gene, BRCA2
CHAPEL HILL, NC – Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were among co-authors of a study that described the first isolation and purification of the BRCA2 protein which is produced by a gene whose loss greatly increases the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. In a report of the findings …
September 14, 2010
National Cancer Institute Awards Two Cancer Drug Discovery Contracts to UNC
CHAPEL HILL, NC – As part of a national effort to accelerate the identification and testing of new anti-cancer drugs, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., a prime contractor to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded two contracts totaling $2.4 million to two teams of UNC scientists to initiate the discovery of drugs for the treatment of childhood …