January 28, 2019
2019 Computational Medicine Pilot Award Winners Announced
Three teams are selected to receive the inaugural Computational Medicine Pilot Grant Awards.
Category: News Archives
December 18, 2018
Wang awarded grant from Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
UNC Lineberger’s G. Greg Wang, PhD, will use the five-year, $550,000 award to study the process by which acute myeloid leukemia develops.
December 17, 2018
2018 UNC-Duke Viral Oncology & AIDS Malignancy Symposium poster competition winners announced
The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center virology and global oncology programs, in conjunction with the Duke Cancer Institute, hosted the 2018 UNC-Duke Viral Oncology & AIDS Malignancy Symposium at the Carolina Club on Dec. 13.
December 4, 2018
Basch co-authors Friends of Cancer Research white paper
UNC Lineberger's Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology and director of the UNC Lineberger's Cancer Outcomes Research Program, was a contributor to a white paper for the Friends of Cancer Research. Basch and the working group behind the paper developed a working definition of "tolerability" to better capture the patient experience.
November 19, 2018
Scientists train a computer to classify breast cancer tumors
Using technology similar to the type that powers facial recognition on a smartphone, Charles M. Perou, PhD, Melissa Troester, PhD, and Heather D. Couture have trained a computer to analyze breast cancer images and then classify the tumors with high accuracy.
November 16, 2018
Researchers identify resistance mechanism to possible pancreatic cancer treatment
In the journal Cancer Cell, UNC Lineberger's Channing Der, PhD, and colleagues described how pancreatic cancer may develop resistance to ERK inhibitors in pancreatic cancer.
November 15, 2018
Researchers awarded $5.5M to improve colorectal cancer screening in North Carolina
UNC Lineberger's Daniel S. Reuland, MD, MPH, and others involved in the Carolina Cancer Screening Initiative, received a grant from the National Cancer Institute to boost screening for the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
November 14, 2018
By solving a mystery of gene repair, scientists uncover an exception to biology’s rules
Dale Ramsden, PhD, and his colleagues published a major study in the journal Science revealing surprising findings about the way major breaks in our DNA are repaired.
November 13, 2018
Der receives NCI Outstanding Investigator Award
The National Cancer Institute’s Outstanding Investigator Award supports accomplished leaders in cancer research.
November 12, 2018
Basch published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology
UNC Lineberger's Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology and director of the UNC Lineberger Cancer Outcomes Research Program, was corresponding author of a study designed to assess the feasibility and resource requirements associated with implementing the National Cancer Institute's Patient-Reported Outcomes Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events in a multi-center trial.