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Botanical Garden receives two grants for science program for pediatric patients E-mail
Monday, February 18, 2013
Two grants from neighbors in the Research Triangle Park will help the North Carolina Botanical Garden at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill continue a science program for pediatric patients at UNC Hospitals.
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UNC researchers led evaluation of Georgia’s universal pre-k program E-mail
Thursday, February 14, 2013
In his State of the Union address, President Obama praised Georgia’s universal pre-kindergarten program, which a team from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG), based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recently evaluated.
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Board of Governors approves new advanced nursing degree at UNC E-mail
Monday, February 11, 2013
On Feb. 8, the Board of Governors authorized the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing to offer a graduate-level nursing degree, the doctor of nursing practice (DNP). Nurses with the advanced degree will be educated to fill critical roles in an increasingly complex health care environment in which people need better access to primary care, chronic illness management and preventative health services.
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Steroids help reverse rapid bone loss tied to rib fractures E-mail
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
New research in animals triggered by a combination of serendipity and counterintuitive thinking could point the way to treating fractures caused by rapid bone loss in people, including patients with metastatic cancers.
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UNC scientists unveil a superbug’s secret to antibiotic resistance E-mail
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Worldwide, many strains of the bacterium Staphyloccocus aureus are already resistant to all antibiotics except vancomycin. But as bacteria are becoming resistant to this once powerful antidote, S. aureus has moved one step closer to becoming an unstoppable killer. Now, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have not only identified the mechanism by which vancomycin resistance spreads from one bacterium to the next, but also have suggested ways to potentially stop the transfer.
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