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Oncology Net Guide’s interview with Howard McLeod, PharmD, was published online on April 8, 2011. In the interview, Dr. McLeod discusses pharmacogenomics and its role in the clinic. Dr. McLeod is a Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor in the division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics at UNC. He is a member...

New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine adds clarity to the connection. The study published on-line April 10th in the journal Nature Immunology finds that saturated fatty acids but not the unsaturated type can activate immune cells to produce an inflammatory protein, called...

A victorious Tar Heel baseball team won all three games over Clemson April 1-3. And they won off the field as well, helping to raise more than $17,000 for the UNC Lineberger pediatric oncology program. Senior Chase Jones, bullpen catcher and team outreach manager, and brain cancer survivor, organized BaseBald...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Angelique Whitehurst, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been awarded one of 13 Innovative Research Grants from Stand Up to Cancer, the scientific partner of the American Association of Cancer Research. The grants were announced during an...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A segment discussing oral cancer aired on WRAL on March 30, 2011. The segment featured 28-year-old UNC patient Ashley Scott and Dr. Bhisham Chera, a radiation oncologist at UNC. Dr. Chera is lead author of a recently released study that found an increasing incidence of squamous...

"Tet is likely to be one of the important players for stem cell reprogramming."

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center will lead a clinical trial to test a new option for colorectal cancer patients whose cancer has not responded to first line therapies. Almost 40 percent of patients whose cancers test positive for mutant K-RAS or BRAF genes see their cancers...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – John Boggess, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was honored with a Health Care Heroes Award by the Triangle Business Journal. His Health Care Innovator/Researcher Award was given in recognition of his pioneering work with robotic surgery for gynecologic cancers. Boggess is a member of...

Prestigious Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR Grant funds preclinical studies

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Yesterday, WCHL named Lineberger member, Dr. Joseph DeSimone, a Hometown Hero. Each weekday the station selects a Hometown Hero who goes “over and above the call of duty,” exemplifying excellent service and dedication to others in the community. DeSimone is Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry at...