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From left: Jonathan Berg, MD, PhD; Maureen Su, MD; Yisong Wan, PhD

The award, made possible through a donation from Lenovo chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang, recognizes the research achievements of young tenured faculty.

A study led by a UNC Lineberger researcher found that lower doses of chemotherapy and radiation produced complete pathologic responses in 86 percent of a group of HPV-positive patients.

Chancellor Carol Folt announces the $10 million gift made by Ken and Cheryl Williams to name the lobby of the NC Cancer Hospital in honor of their son, Tony.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill today announced a $10 million gift commitment to the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center from Ken and Cheryl Williams of Burlington, N.C. The couple has designated their gift for the Ken and Cheryl Williams Fund for Venture Initiatives at UNC Lineberger, the state’s only public comprehensive cancer center.

This image captured with a GE Healthcare Life Sciences DeltaVision OMX microscope shows a beta-catenin destruction complex with threads of APC in green intertwined with threads of Axin in red. Credit: Mira Pronobis.

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are working to better understand the cell-to-cell signaling that can cause precancerous polyps in the colon when signaling goes awry. In a study published in the open-access journal eLife, they describe the role of a key tumor suppressor protein called APC in helping to keep cells in the colon crypts from growing out of control.

John Baron, MD, MS, MSc, is a UNC Lineberger member and research professor in the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

A UNC Lineberger-led study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that vitamin D and calcium supplements do not reduce the risk of colorectal adenomas, which are benign tumors that can evolve into colorectal cancer.

Alexander Kabanov, Ph.D., D.Sc., Mescal S. Ferguson Distinguished Professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, a UNC Lineberger member and director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery as well as of a new postdoctoral training program.

The university has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to create a postdoctoral training program in cancer nanotechnology within the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.

Benjamin E. Haithcock, MD, associate professor of surgery and anesthesiology, Jason Long, MD, MPH, assistant professor of surgery and Richard Goldberg, PhD, research associate professor of biomedical engineering, participated in a speed-dating event.

The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center co-sponsored a speed-dating and pitch competition on June 29 to try to spark medical technology innovation. The top five teams that emerged from five-minute speed-dating sessions with pitches for new medical technologies won funding to help advance their ideas.

G-Zero Therapeutics funded under Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project

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UNC School of Medicine Names Inaugural Yang Family Biomedical Scholars

Most HPV-positive head and neck cancer patients cancer-free with lower intensity chemo and radiation

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center receives $10 million commitment to support cancer research

Study by UNC Lineberger scientist details role of tumor suppressor

UNC Lineberger-led study finds higher vitamin D and calcium intake does not reduce colorectal polyp risk

UNC-Chapel Hill researchers to launch cancer nanotechnology training program

UNC Lineberger hosts scientific “speed-dating” event to spark innovation

UNC Startup Receives Federal Grant to Kick-Start Cancer Research Commercialization