
September 5, 2023
UNC RNA Discovery Center awards inaugural fellowship grants
The UNC RNA Discovery Center has awarded three fellowship grants to support innovative research investigating various roles of RNA in health and disease.
September 5, 2023
The UNC RNA Discovery Center has awarded three fellowship grants to support innovative research investigating various roles of RNA in health and disease.
June 28, 2023
The grant will support Chad Pecot, MD, and his research investigating the roles circular RNA may have in regulating whether a form of lung cancer will spread beyond the original cancer site.
April 10, 2023
Physician-scientist and cancer survivor Chad Pecot, MD, is focused on RNA discoveries in the lab and the clinic.
February 6, 2023
The grant supports Chad Pecot, MD, and his research into the mechanistic and therapeutic implications of co-targeting two genes linked to lung cancer.
September 27, 2022
Adding detection of immune cell protein SYNGR3 to current protocols could lead to a more reliable way of determining which patients with head and neck cancer need less intensive treatment.
July 22, 2022
The UNC RNA Discovery Center, led by Chad Pecot, MD, will cultivate an inclusive community of scientists dedicated to investigating all aspects of RNA biology.
May 6, 2022
UNC Lineberger’s 45th annual Scientific Symposium featured talks on the latest research on pancreatic cancer, tumor microenvironments, metastatic disease and immunotherapy.
March 15, 2022
Chad Pecot, MD, and colleagues used biospecimens from a patient just after he succumbed to lung cancer to unravel how a KRAS mutation developed resistance to a treatment that had initially proved effective.
September 15, 2021
April 22, 2021
UNC Lineberger's Chad Pecot, MD — a cancer survivor himself — launched EnFuego Therapeutics with the help of UNC KickStart Venture Services to develop RNA-interference drugs that silence cancer-related gene mutations.