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UNC faculty receives American Cancer Society’s highest honor E-mail
Friday, May 24, 2013
Barbara K. Rimer, dean of The University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, received the American Cancer Society’s Medal of Honor for outstanding contributions to fighting cancer.
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Baby knows best: Fetuses emit hormone crucial to preventing preeclampsia E-mail
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
In a study using mice, researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine found that a hormone, adrenomedullin, plays a crucial role in preventing the pregnancy complication preeclampsia. Surprisingly, this hormone protects women from preeclampsia when emitted by the fetus, not the mother, during the most critical times in pregnancy.
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UNC research uncovers molecular role of gene linked to blood vessel formation E-mail
Monday, April 29, 2013
University of North Carolina researchers have discovered that disrupting a gene that acts as a regulatory switch to turn on other genes can keep blood vessels from forming and developing properly.
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UNC’s Kerry Bloom elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences E-mail
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Kerry Steven Bloom, Thad L. Beyle Distinguished Professor of biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research.
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Thorp named chair of new National Research Council committee E-mail
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Holden Thorp, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named chair of a new National Research Council committee tasked with establishing and promoting a culture of safety in academic laboratory research.
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