October 23, 2019
Researchers identify possible approach to block medulloblastoma growth
UNC Lineberger researchers have identified a potential approach to stop the growth of medulloblastoma, the most common type of brain tumor in children.
Category: News from Lineberger
October 21, 2019
NIH awards grant to Painschab to improve multicentric Castleman disease treatment in Malawi
The National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center has awarded Matthew Painschab, MD, a five-year International Research Scientist Development Award to lead research into improving treatment for multicentric Castleman disease in Malawi. Working through the University of North Carolina Project-Malawi, a collaboration between UNC-Chapel Hill and the Malawi Ministry of Health, Painschab will lead a …
October 21, 2019
Legant Named 2019 Packard Fellow
UNC Lineberger’s Wesley Legant, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC-NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Pharmacology, received a prestigious Packard Fellowship to enhance his research on new kinds of microscopy techniques to further biomedical discoveries at the UNC School of Medicine and beyond. Legant was one of 22 early-career scientists …
October 21, 2019
Researchers develop method for separating tissue types in tumor samples
A dense web of tissue can surround pancreatic cancer tumors, impeding treatment and sometimes acting as a barrier to the tumor’s spread. Jen Jen Yeh, MD, and colleagues have published a paper in Nature Communications that demonstrates their novel approach to distinguishing cancerous tissue from the surrounding connective tissue and stromal cells as well as from immune cells in the tumor’s environment in order to drive personalized treatment strategies.
October 21, 2019
UNC Lineberger researchers published in Journal of the American Statistical Association
UNC Lineberger’s Joseph G. Ibrahim, PhD, Alumni Distinguished Professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Department of Biostatistics and director of the UNC Lineberger Biostatistics Core, and Jen Jen Yeh, MD, professor of pharmacology and surgery in the UNC School of Medicine, and vice chair for research in the Department of Surgery …
October 14, 2019
NCI grant to help patients navigate costs of cancer care
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a four-year, more than $1.87 million grant to University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers to study the impact of implementing financial navigation services at five rural cancer centers in North Carolina to help patients cope with the financial burden, or financial toxicity, related to cancer care. …
October 10, 2019
N.C. Cancer Hospital: A decade of hope and healing
This fall marks 10 years since the opening of the North Carolina Cancer Hospital, a state-of-the-art cancer center built by the people of North Carolina for the people. The state’s investment was designed to substantially improve cancer care in North Carolina, and impact the state’s economy and position as a national leader in cancer care and research.
October 9, 2019
Harrison receives Lung Cancer Initiative Career Development Grant
The Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina has awarded Emily B. Harrison, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at the UNC Lineberger, a two year, $150,000 Career Development Grant to further her career in lung cancer research.
October 7, 2019
Goldstein to use $2.7M NCI grant to develop, test warnings for little cigars, cigarillos
The National Cancer Institute has awarded University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, a five-year, $2.7 million grant to develop more effective health warnings for little cigars and cigarillos. Nearly 12 million U.S. adults reported smoking cigars within a single month, according to 2016 national survey, and little cigars …
October 2, 2019
NCI awards Noar $1.4M to measure impact of tobacco prevention advertisements
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a three-year, $1.4 million grant to University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Seth M. Noar, PhD, to conduct studies that will help improve the effectiveness of tobacco prevention advertisements for adolescents. Specifically, Noar and his collaborators will develop new metrics to gauge the effectiveness of tobacco …