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CHAPEL HILL, NC – In its early stages, prostate cancer requires androgens (hormones that promote the development and maintenance of male sex characteristics) for growth, and current first-line therapies target the receptor for these hormones to slow cancer’s development and spread. However, advanced prostate cancers are often androgen-independent, meaning that androgen-blocking therapies are ineffective. Scientists …

CHAPEL HILL, NC – The WIN (Worldwide Innovative Networking in Personalized Cancer Medicine) Consortium is taking place today through Friday in Paris’ Palais des Congrès. The symposium brings together a broad international audience of oncology experts to discuss the challenges of early cancer diagnosis; optimum ways to select and deliver personalized treatment; and how to …

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Nicole Pratapas has joined UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Office of External Affairs in the role of major gifts officer. She will work with UNC Lineberger supporters, faculty and staff to enhance awareness of and private support for cancer prevention, research and treatment programs at UNC Lineberger and the N.C. Cancer …

Evans is director of clinical cancer genetics at UNC Lineberger. Article originally published in the June 27, 2010 issue of Newsday.

CHAPEL HILL, NC – In a collaborative paper published by Cell Press in the June issue of the journal Cancer Cell, scientists at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have helped identify proteins responsible for the progression and spread of non-small-cell lung cancer. The research team, which included UNC Lineberger members Ned Sharpless, MD, D. Neil …

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Steve Oglesbee, Director of UNC Lineberger’s Tissue Culture Facility, has been interviewed by Nature about the process of DNA fingerprinting for research cell lines, an important quality control step in biomedical research. Nature is a weekly international journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology. Read article.

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Cancer occurs when human cells move and multiply inappropriately. Within cells, a process called phosphorylation serves as an on/off switch for a number of cellular processes that can be involved in cancer, including metabolism, transcription, configuration, movement, cell death and differentiation. This process is controlled by a group of enzymes called …

CHAPEL HILL, NC – More than 1,000 career games and 35 seasons of coaching makes UNC Women’s Basketball head coach Sylvia Hatchell one of the most experienced educators on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus “One of the things I’ve learned is that winning is better when you’ve had to overcome some challenges along the way. I …

Discovery has potential for cancer patients and disaster victims

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Aimee Shea, MPH, RD, CSO, LDN, oncology dietitian for the N.C. Cancer Hospital, discussed nutrition and cancer on the June 18, 2010 broadcast of Here’s to Your Health. She talks about what an oncology dietitian does, tailored diets for patients, strategies to manage effects of treatment, and what makes a healthy …

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UNC Team Finds New Target for Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer

Goldberg Presents in Paris at International Symposium on Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Nicole Pratapas Joins UNC Lineberger External Affairs

Opinion editorial by James Evans, MD, PhD

UNC Lineberger Researchers Identify Proteins Causing Lung Cancer Spread

Nature Article Highlights DNA Fingerprinting, Quotes Oglesbee

Technique Enables Precise Control of Protein Activity in Living Cells

UNC’s Coach Sylvia Hatchell Makes Gift for Kids with Cancer

Drug mitigates toxic effects of radiation in mice

N.C. Cancer Hospital Dietitian Aimee Shea Featured on Here’s to Your Health