May 24, 2019
Inspired by a teenager who died from a rare form of cancer in 2013 and the Be Loud! Sophie Foundation her family started, four young men from Chapel Hill will bike across the northern tier of the United States to raise money for the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Support …
May 23, 2019
William A. Wood, MD, associate professor in the UNC School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology and UNC Lineberger, was recently appointed vice chair of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology’s Transplant and Cell Based Therapies Committee. He succeeds Thomas C. Shea, MD, the John William Pope Distinguished Professor in Cancer Research at UNC Lineberger …
May 22, 2019
The Thoracic Oncology Assembly of the American Thoracic Society presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to UNC Lineberger’s M. Patricia Rivera, MD, professor of Medicine in the UNC School of Medicine’s Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Rivera was recognized at the society’s international conference in Dallas in May, for her outstanding scientific contributions in …
May 20, 2019
Jonathan Serody, MD, explains in a two-minute video the action behind chimeric antigen T-cell, or CAR-T, immunotherapy and how UNC Lineberger is designing, developing and delivering CAR-T therapies to treat cancers that fail to respond to standard treatments.
May 20, 2019
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center leaders brought together a team of doctors, epidemiologists and environmental scientists on May 13 to discuss patterns and causes of thyroid cancer in North Carolina – a meeting convened in response to community concerns about thyroid cancer trends in Iredell County. Experts from the National Cancer Institute, …
May 10, 2019
After a two-year journey, Lorelei rings the bell at the UNC Pediatric Hematology Oncology clinic, signaling an end to her treatments for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
May 6, 2019
OncLive has named UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Charles M. Perou, PhD, as a 2019 Giant of Cancer Care. Perou is being honored for his scientific achievements that have advanced the field of cancer diagnostics and is one of 15 cancer clinicians and scientists who will be recognized at the Giants of Cancer Care Winners’ …
May 2, 2019
Can scientists wake up sleeping tumor suppressor molecules in cancer cells? What are the genetic features of cancer cells that contribute to some forms of prostate cancer developing resistance to multiple lines of treatment? Those were some of the topics covered at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s 43rd Annual Scientific Symposium at the William & …
May 2, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s Get Real and Heel is a free exercise program for cancer survivors that offers a dedicated workout space staffed by trainers who develop individualized plans to help people manage cancer treatment-related symptoms and improve their chances of survivorship while increasing their quality of life.
May 2, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s William Marzluff, PhD, William Rand Kenan Professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, will collaborate with Research Triangle Park-based Cell Microsystems in an effort to speed the use of CRISPR technology in lab experiments. The company was awarded two federal Small Business Innovation and Research awards totaling $1.9 …
