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Student group blends nutrition science and the art of cooking
The Tar Heels behind the Culinary Medicine Club are working to empower students and community members to embrace food as medicine through workshops, cooking sessions and recipes.
Scientists document two separate reservoirs of latent HIV in patients
This research, led by UNC School of Medicine scientists Laura Kincer, Sarah Joseph,and Ron Swanstrom with international collaborators, shows that in addition to HIV’s ability to lay dormant in the blood/lymphoid system, the virus may also lay dormant in the central nervous system, delineating another challenge in creating a cure.
UNC-Chapel Hill launches largest COVID-19 observational study of its kind in North Carolina
A new North Carolina study called VISION is now underway to answer some of the biggest questions about COVID-19. The study plans to enroll 7,500 COVID-positive individuals to understand the different factors that impact individual risk for key clinical outcomes, including recovery from acute illness, symptom rebound, re-infection and long COVID.