People More Likely to Take Free Meds, UNC Study FindsA Blue Cross Blue Shield initiative waiving copays for generic drugs and lowering them for other medicines improved adherence by 2 to 5 percent. Patients who hadn't been very good about sticking to their regimen in the past improved even more, says Joel Farley, PhD, the study's lead author.
Lai Receives NSF Award to Support Mucus Research, Science Education OutreachIn addition to exploring using mucus to stop pathogens, Lai will help develop a curriculum to teach middle and high school students about the health benefits of mucus.
Photos: 2012 Student Research Day
Pempe, Xu Receive University Impact Awards for ResearchLiz Pempe and Weichen Xu were recognized for their outstanding research initiatives. Pempe is exploring better methods of controlling the clearance of the anticoagulant heparin from the body, while Xu is seeking a way to distinguish between slow-growing and aggressive prostate cancer.
Function of Enzyme 3-OST becomes Crystal Clear to LiuJian Liu, PhD, led a team that included PY1 Susan Woody that crystallized 3-O-sulfotransferase, an enzyme (represented by the green ribbon in the illustration) cruicial to Liu's process of creating synthetic heparin.
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