The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, (UNC School of Medicine) established in 1879 is ranked 2nd in primary care and 16th in research by U.S. News and World Report for 2009. Funding from the National Institutes of Health contribute significantly to the overall excellence of UNC School of Medicine. The UNC Health Care System includes four core hospitals for teaching and medical research. The UNC Neurosciences Hospital has distinguished itself in cutting edge research. UNC School of Medicine confers a combined Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy, a Doctor of Medicine and Masters of Public Health. UNC School of Medicine is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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All biological reactions within human cells depend on enzymes. Their power as catalysts enables biological reactions to occur usually in milliseconds. But how slowly would these reactions proceed spontaneously, in the absence ...
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In a new paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the UNC School of Medicine, and his colleagues ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 29, 2010
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Anyone who's tried a weekend home improvement project knows that to do a job right, you've got to have the right tools. For cells, these "tools" are proteins encoded by genes. The right genes for the job are turned on only ...
Biotechnology
Apr 11, 2012
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One of the biggest challenges in scientists' quest to develop new and better treatments for cancer is gaining a better understanding of how and why cancer spreads. Recent breakthroughs have uncovered how different cellular ...
Biochemistry
Aug 19, 2009
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In a paper published today in the journal Nature Methods, a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill demonstrates a simple, cost-effective technique for three-dimensional RNA structure prediction that will ...
Biochemistry
Apr 15, 2012
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An imbalance of salt and water in patients with cystic fibrosis makes their lungs clog up with sticky mucus that is prone to infection. The cause of the offending imbalance is a well-known genetic error, one that blocks the ...
Biochemistry
Nov 12, 2010
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An international team of scientists, including biologists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, may have pinpointed for the first time the mechanism responsible for cell polyploidy, a state in which cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 1, 2011
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Every year, plant diseases wipe out millions of tons of crops, lead to the waste of valuable water resources and cause farmers to spend tens of billions of dollars battling them.
Biotechnology
Jul 28, 2011
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Bacteria can swim, propelling themselves through fluids using a whip-like extension called a flaggella. They can also walk, strolling along solid surfaces using little fibrous legs called pili. It is this motility that enable ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 4, 2010
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Researchers have unmasked a component of the cell death process that could play a vital role in a better infection-fighting strategy.
Cell & Microbiology
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