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UNC’s breastfeeding institute awarded Kellogg funding for breastfeeding support E-mail
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI) at the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health has been awarded a three-year, $900,000 grant by The W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The funding supports CGBI to translate action-oriented research and program theory into practice and develop an environment in which more women can decide to breastfeed and achieve
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Culturally sensitive research in United Arab Emirates pinpoints indoor air quality risks E-mail
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
The rapid shift from nomadic life to modern-day culture in the United Arab Emirates has exposed residents to significant indoor air quality risks that can lead to respiratory illness, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Nutrition Research Institute receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for global health research E-mail
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 
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Online retailers, shipping companies give minors access to alcohol, study finds E-mail
Monday, May 07, 2012
Minors can easily purchase alcohol online as a result of poor age verification by Internet alcohol vendors and shipping companies such as FedEx and UPS, according to a new study from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers.
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UNC study shows potential to revive abandoned cancer drug by nanoparticle drug delivery E-mail
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
They developed nanoparticle carriers to successfully deliver therapeutic doses of a cancer drug that had previously failed clinical development due to pharmacologic challenges. They report their proof of principle findings in the April 30, 2012 early online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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