A clinical trial at UNC Hospitals offers new hope for children and families affected by the rare neurological disorder. Illustration by Xian Boles. Rett syndrome is a rare genetic neurological ...

As prostate cancer continues to affect men across North Carolina, advances in detection and targeted treatment are changing how physicians approach localized and metastatic forms of the disease. Photo ...

Multimillion-dollar grant from The Duke Endowment will fund statewide program to help rural healthcare outlets safely adopt AI tools, strengthen finances and improve patient care across the state. An ...

UNC researchers will use AI to speed development of personalized cancer vaccines and share findings with cancer researchers and oncologists worldwide. Credit: CDC on Unsplash. CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept.

UNC Lineberger’s Advanced Cellular Therapeutics Facility is helping to improve personalized CAR T-cell therapy for patients in North Carolina and around the world. The UNC Lineberger Advanced ...

This data resource will provide physicians and researchers with new capabilities to identify patterns, support clinical decisions, and accelerate research aimed at transforming rare disease diagnosis ...

UNC School of Medicine’s Donna Evon, PhD, will lead a multi-center study evaluating a mind-body digital health program with and without clinician-guided psychotherapy to improve mental health, fatigue ...

UNC School of Medicine researchers have identified dietary oxalate a compound found in all plant foods as a potential exacerbating factor in inflammatory bowel disease. Led by postdoctoral scholar ...

How a cancer is first discovered can shape what happens next, and new research shows that steps are needed to map out treatment for older adults diagnosed in the emergency department who face sharply ...

UNC is the only medical institution in the world to use high frequency sound waves to inactivate brain tissue that causes epilepsy. Credit: Kurt Nolen / UNC School of Medicine Since 2003, Thatcher ...

The study shows that drug citarinostat can awaken hidden HIV, advancing efforts towards a potential cure for the complex virus. A human T cell (blue) under attack by HIV (yellow). The virus ...

New UNC study finds that a chemical derived from ashwagandha disrupts viral and cancer processes that make B-cell lymphomas difficult to treat with standard chemotherapy. Immunohistochemistry of a ...