The U.S. Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program awarded UNC a new $5-million grant to test the effectiveness of a new acute stress intervention called iCOVER in a randomized clinical trial.
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Robotic prosthetic ankles that are controlled by nerve impulses allow amputees to move more “naturally,” improving their stability, according to a new study from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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A Durham man who is a UNC Chapel Hill employee pleaded guilty on Thursday in connection with a $9.5 million investment fraud scheme, according to a release from the North Carolina Middle District U.S. District Attorney’s Office.
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Led by Sam McLean, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers and collaborators were awarded $3 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to evaluate the efficacy of a therapeutic by Tonix Pharmaceuticals to reduce the frequency and severity of acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.
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To better fight lung cancer, TUNC –Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University researchers have been working on an extremely bendy but sturdy robot capable of traversing lung tissue to deal with very small, hidden tumors.
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UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Finance Professor and Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Scholar Camelia Kuhnen has been named director of research for the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.
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UNC Neurology researcher Ian Shih has received a $2.4 million NIH grant to improve functional brain imaging techniques. Here are the details.
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UNC School of Medicine researchers and colleagues created a germ-free mouse model to evaluate the role of the microbiome in the infection, replication, and pathogenesis of HIV and Epstein-Barr virus, the virus that can cause mononucleosis and other serious diseases.
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The new observation, made by UNC School of Medicine’s Stephan Moll, MD, and Jacquelyn Baskin-Miller, MD, suggests that a life-threatening blood clotting disorder can be caused by an infection with adenovirus, one of the most common respiratory viruses in pediatric and adult patients.
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