GREENSBORO, N.C. (Jan. 27, 2017) – The Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Merck Foundation to expand the capacity, operations and sustainability of the center, officials with the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University center announced today. Merck’s financial support will …
NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill researchers working on breakthrough cardiac treatment How do you cure a broken heart? If you’re researcher Ke Cheng, hopefully one day soon, it will be with a simple injection. Cheng, an associate professor in the college of veterinary medicine at North Carolina State University and biomedical engineering department (a joint …
Journal: Weight-loss surgery should be a standard of care for some diabetes A surgery developed at East Carolina University that can put an end to insulin shots for patients with diabetes has been recognized as a “standard of care” for some patients with the chronic disease. More than 20 years after Dr. Walter Pories published …
Imagine doctors looking inside their patient’s bones, seeing each layer in order to pinpoint a problem without ever resorting to the operating table. Imagine researchers manipulating 3-D images of their subjects, breaking them down layer by layer without physical dissection. These scenarios may seem futuristic, but in reality this is cutting-edge research happening in labs …
The University of North Carolina Wilmington is part of a $250 million public-private national initiative to bring safe drugs to market faster and educate a new biopharmaceutical workforce. The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals, based at the University of Delaware, will involve more than 150 companies, educational institutions, nonprofits and government partners. “This …
In urban environments such as Charlotte, multiple options are needed to move people and goods. To do so with maximum efficiency that relieves congestion and improves the quality of life for city dwellers will require innovative research, which is the aim of the Center for Advanced Multimodal Mobility Solutions and Education (CAMMSE) at UNC Charlotte. …
Board of Governors selects forestry professor leading innovative tree-breeding program for top service award. Steve McKeand gets funny looks when he tells people what he does for a living. “They have one of two reactions: stunned silence, or a giggle,” he says. High Resolution Download High Resolution Download It’s not easy being a tree breeder, …
New testing method from UNC researchers seeks to measure bacteria levels in shellfish There’s traditionally one nagging fear among those who love to eat seafood – is it safe to eat? Transcript of video. Conservative estimates project $20 million growth potential for the shellfish market in North Carolina. (Source: NC Coastal Federation, State of the …
On a dry, warm afternoon in early August, it’s business as usual in the heart of the Santa Maria Valley. One of the most productive agricultural regions in California, this sun-drenched landscape is home to thousands of acres of produce – especially spinach, lettuce and other leafy greens. At the edge of a vast field …
Imagine the day when a pickle factory, instead of dumping its saltwater waste, can use it to power the factory instead. Imagine that chemical process repeated on a much larger scale, using many rivers flowing into oceans to power the large portions of the country.