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.
February 11, 2020
UNC Lineberger's Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award.
February 10, 2020
UNC Lineberger's 44th Annual Scientific Symposium will bring together experts to share the latest on the biology of the immune system and cancer.
February 7, 2020
Researchers led by Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD, have identified the culprit that keeps cancer-killing immune cells from reaching pancreatic cancer tumors. Their findings were published in the journal Cancer Immunology Research.
February 7, 2020
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers report a non-invasive screening method for HPV-linked cervical cancer has potential to boost screening access, and warrants further research.
February 6, 2020
Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine, Columbia University, and Rockefeller University have revealed the inner workings of one of the most fundamental and important molecular machines in cells.
February 6, 2020
Graduate research assistant and cancer researcher Dan Michaud shares why he is part of the UNC Lineberger team for the Victory Ride to Cure Cancer.
February 5, 2020
Kirsten Nyrop, PhD, will lead a one-year qualitative research study on how clinicians can discuss weight management with breast cancer survivors in an effort to decrease racial disparities in obesity-related comorbidities that can affect survivorship.
February 4, 2020
An experimental blood test accurately detected HPV-linked head and neck cancer recurrence and confirmed when patients remained cancer-free.
February 3, 2020
The National Cancer Institute has named Satish Gopal, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Global Health. He assumes his new role today. Gopal is a physician-scientist who led the cancer program for UNC Project-Malawi, a research and care collaboration between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Malawi Ministry of Health, …
February 3, 2020
Tumors can create a hostile environment for cancer-fighting immune cells. In a new study, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have developed a method for engineering immune cells to improve their survival and proliferation, even within a hostile tumor. Researchers led by UNC Lineberger’s Gianpietro Dotti, MD, report in the journal Nature …