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Tag: Aziz Sancar
January 6, 2026
UNC researchers show combination therapy effective for brain cancer
The research, led by Nobel laureate and biochemist Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, could revolutionize treatments for glioblastoma, an aggressive and deadly form of brain cancer.
September 3, 2022
News & Observer: Common lab molecule surprises researchers with potential cancer-fighting properties
August 24, 2022
Scientists discover surprise anticancer properties of common lab molecule
Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, and colleagues report that a common molecular tool for DNA labeling also has anticancer properties worthy of further investigation, especially for brain cancers.
August 24, 2022
Becker’s Hospital Review: In a surprise discovery, common lab molecule found to have anticancer properties
February 11, 2020
Nobel laureate Sancar named recipient of 2019 Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award
UNC Lineberger's Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award.
July 1, 2019
Researchers clock DNA’s recovery time after chemotherapy
In the time it takes for an Amazon Prime delivery to arrive, cells damaged by chemotherapy can almost completely fix their most important DNA. That is the case in the livers of mice at least, according to a new study from UNC School of medicine researchers. The lab of Nobel laureate Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, …
May 9, 2018
Could reading our circadian clocks according to DNA repair optimize chemotherapy?
UNC Lineberger scientists analyzed whole-genome DNA repair over 24 hours to laying the groundwork for a more precise use of anti-cancer drugs..
May 27, 2016
Sancar earns UNC Board of Governors’ highest faculty honor
Nobel Prize winner Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, a UNC Lineberger member and the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the UNC School of Medicine was one of two distinguished professors to receive the O. Max Gardner Award, the highest faculty honor of the UNC Board of Governors.
May 1, 2015
UNC researchers create DNA repair map of the entire human genome
The new experimental assay can help scientists find the precise locations of repair of DNA damage caused by UV radiation and common chemotherapies. The invention could lead to better cancer drugs or improvements in the potency of existing ones.