September 16, 2019
Cancer cells have a clever approach to avoid key immune cells intent on killing them. Researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center report in the journal Cancer Immunology Research they have developed a strategy to shut down signals that keep cancer-killing immune cells from infiltrating melanoma. By blocking receptors on the …
September 12, 2019
Scientists at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have designed and validated a model for predicting what might make an effective cancer vaccine against a patient’s tumor. This finding could help overcome a significant obstacle in the development of personalized cancer vaccines. In a study published in the journal Cancer Immunology Research, …
September 9, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s Noel Brewer, PhD, and Allison Lazard, PhD, led a recent publication in the journal Tobacco Control. The study, “Communicating about chemicals in cigarette smoke: impact on knowledge and misunderstanding,” delved into whether websites with information about harmful chemicals in tobacco products were “understandable and not misleading to a lay person.” In the study, …
September 6, 2019
E-cigarette usage may impair fertility and pregnancy outcomes, according to a study Kathleen Caron, PhD, and colleagues published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.
September 6, 2019
Kirsten Bryant, PhD, is honored as one of three recipients of the Joseph S. Pagano Award, which recognizes outstanding work by the cancer center’s postdoctoral research associates.
September 3, 2019
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has awarded a $971,484 Screen to Lead grant to University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers to launch an investigation of new drug compounds that would block enzymes that can become hyperactive in blood cancer cells when mutated. UNC Lineberger’s John Sondek, PhD, a professor in the UNC …
August 27, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s Bhishamjit S. Chera, MD, reported that reducing the intensity of radiation treatment for HPV-associated head and neck cancer produced a promising two-year progression-free survival rate and fewer side effects.
August 27, 2019
UNC Lineberger's Greg Wang, PhD, and colleagues discovered that a gene’s over-expression is key to the development and progression of multiple myeloma. They also demonstrated the potential benefit of an experimental treatment in laboratory models.
August 27, 2019
UNC Lineberger’s Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN-BC, OCN, and clinical oncology nurse Jen Haley, MSN, RN, CNL, have a passion for developing future leaders of oncology nursing, not just in North Carolina, but globally. Bryant and Haley have been part of an effort to build the oncology nursing workforce in Malawi, a country in sub-Saharan …
August 22, 2019
E-cigarette “vaping” is widely assumed to be safer than cigarette smoking, but scientists at the University of North Carolina have uncovered evidence suggesting that vaping promotes the same cellular responses found in smokers with emphysema. In a study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the UNC scientists found that the lungs of vapers …