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DeSimone awarded Lemelson-MIT Prize for innovations in polymer chemistry


UNC-Chapel Hill's Joseph DeSimone is the 2008 recipient of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his inventions in green manufacturing, nanomedicine and medical devices, in addition to his lab-to-market entrepreneurship and commitment to mentorship. Here, DeSimone holds a drum of his PRINT(r) molds, which can manufacture highly customizable and controllable nanobiomaterials to diagnose and treat disease. read more

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Edward Halloran, associate professor in the School of Nursing, taught in Hong Kong in 1999 to 2000 and can discuss the similarities and difference between the health-care and educational systems in Hong Kong and the United States.
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Researchers identify new cell targets for preventing growth of breast and other tumors Print E-mail
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Researchers at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered new targets for cancer treatment aimed at blocking a key step in tumor progression.
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Better hygiene, antibiotics could wipe out most common form of infectious blindness Print E-mail
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Trachoma, a bacterial infection that can lead to blindness if untreated, has been all but eliminated in the United States, Europe and other parts of the developed world. Now, there’s hope that the disease can be controlled in developing countries as well, according to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health adjunct epidemiology professor, Dr. Joseph A. Cook, M.P.H., writing in the April 24, 2008 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
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UNC alumnus, Kardon Foundation give $1 million to establish Kittner Eye Center Print E-mail
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
David Kittner, an attorney in Philadelphia and an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Samuel and Rebecca Kardon Foundation have given $1 million to establish an endowed innovation fund for the future of the UNC School of Medicine’s department of ophthalmology.
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Survey finds disordered eating behaviors among three out of four American women Print E-mail
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Sixty-five percent of American women between the ages of 25 and 45 report having disordered eating behaviors, according to the results of a new survey by SELF Magazine in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Video
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DNA Day ambassadors reach out to North Carolina high schools Print E-mail
Monday, April 21, 2008
What do the cartoon character Krusty the Clown from “The Simpsons” and Hollywood actor Brad Pitt have in common?
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