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World of Wonder

The North Carolina Botanical Garden’s Katie Stoudemire brings the outdoors inside, making nature safe for hospitalized, immune-compromised children. Read more...
Need a New Business Idea? Look to the Aging Baby Boomer Generation

The world is getting old. Every day 8,000 baby boomers turn 65 – and that will keep happening seven days a week, 365 days a year for the next 20 years. Read more...
Physicians Who Set Policy Received Millions from Pharma Companies, Says Report

Nearly nine out of 10 physicians and researchers who helped develop a leading set of cancer care guidelines in the United States reported financial ties to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Read more...
Kings of Chemistry

How an unexpected discovery transformed the world and made Morehead, Venable, and Kenan household names at UNC-Chapel Hill. Read more...
Blood, Sweat, and Tears

In 1981, researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill found themselves at the epicenter of a perfect storm — people with hemophilia were contracting HIV through their treatments. But it was the curiosity of one man nearly 30 years prior that set in motion events that would open a vast field of research at UNC and draw in hundreds of researchers across the university. Read more...
Zapping Zika

A new study led by UNC researchers found that antibodies derived from patients who survived Dengue fever can be used to fight the Zika virus now and potentially open the door for the development of a Zika therapeutic treatment in the not too distant future. Read more...

Time & Tenacity: A UNC Research timeline

Research for North Carolina: uncharted territory

The UNC Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) has studied sharks in North Carolina waters since 1971, making it the longest-running shark research program in the nation. Today, IMS is using drone technology to figure out how much and what kind of information can be collected on local shark populations. Read More…