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Professor Freeman Featured on WCHL 97.9 The Hill

Professor Freeman Featured on WCHL 97.9 The Hill Alzheimer’s can be one of the most devastating diseases we face, and it’s also one of the hardest to treat – but what if we can detect it and address it earlier? This month, UNC announced the launch of a $25 million federal consortium bringing researchers together… Continue reading Professor Freeman Featured on WCHL 97.9 The Hill

Carolina’s Ronit Freeman to lead project to stop ‘undruggable’ diseases

Alzheimer’s disease and pulmonary fibrosis are the primary targets of the research funded by Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health and conducted with industry partner Siemens Healthineers.

Scientific American Looks at the Next Generation of Genital Herpes Detection

Scientific American Looks at the Next Generation of Genital Herpes Detection In a recent article of Scientific American, the topic of a widely available and reliable test for genital herpes was discussed. The Freeman Lab is at the forefront of developing affordable, fast and accurate testing: Ronit Freeman of the University of North Carolina at… Continue reading Scientific American Looks at the Next Generation of Genital Herpes Detection

WATCH: Ronit Freeman Dreams Big to Treat Lung Fibrosis

UNC Associate Professor Ronit Freeman sits down with John Bamforth of Eshelman Innovation and discusses UNC, Fibrosis treatments, and science in North Carolina.

Ronit Freeman Named One of This Year’s Women of Achievement

Chapel Hill Magazine puts Ronit Freeman under the microscope Ronit Freeman was announced as a Chapel Hill Magazine’s Women of Achievement 2025 for her work with peptide technology, synthetic biology, therapeutics development and drug delivery, and disease and environmental sensing solutions, among other areas of expertise. Since 2014, the publication has been honoring and featuring exemplary… Continue reading Ronit Freeman Named One of This Year’s Women of Achievement

UNC Research Stories with Dr. Freeman

UNC Research Stories with Dr. Freeman UNC Research’s Alyssa LeFaro visited the Freeman Lab to find out about Dr. Freeman’s young, yet illustrious career at UNC Chapel Hill. In the article, Building Living Materials, they look at inspiration, new tech, and trailblazing through her lab in the Applied Physical Sciences department: “Let me show… Continue reading UNC Research Stories with Dr. Freeman

AIChE Touts Potential of Lab’s Artificial Cells

AIChE Touts Potential of Lab’s Artificial Cells Chapel Hill, NC The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) take intrigue with the Freeman Lab’s ‘new method of building artificial cells from the ground up.’ These artificial cells have the ability to respond to external triggers such as heat, making them potential building blocks for sensors… Continue reading AIChE Touts Potential of Lab’s Artificial Cells

ABC11 Visits Freeman Lab to Explore Potential Alzheimer’s C

ABC11 Visits Freeman Lab to Explore Potential Alzheimer’s Cure ABC11’s Michael Perchick visited the Freeman Lab to sit down with Professor Ronit Freeman to learn about the new discovery in a way to potentially reverse the twist direction of amyloid plaques in the brain which are instrumental in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. … Continue reading ABC11 Visits Freeman Lab to Explore Potential Alzheimer’s C

WRAL Visits Freeman Lab to Explore Potential Alzheimer’s Cure

WRAL Visits Freeman Lab to Explore Potential Alzheimer’s Cure WRAL’s Grace Hayba visited the Freeman Lab to sit down with Professor Ronit Freeman to learn about the new discovery in a way to potentially reverse the twist direction of amyloid plaques in the brain which are instrumental in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. … Continue reading WRAL Visits Freeman Lab to Explore Potential Alzheimer’s Cure

Article: A Twist on Traditional Treatment

Imagine a future where the insidious advance of Alzheimer’s could be halted, or even reversed, not by a miraculous new drug, but by a groundbreaking way of delivering treatment right to the heart of the problem. This isn’t the plot of a science fiction novel but the tangible outcome of cutting-edge research by a team… Continue reading Article: A Twist on Traditional Treatment

New Paper – How Omicron Finds the Sweet Spot

New paper shows omicron relies more on sugars for infection Omicron and its sublineages remain a major public health concern owing to their high infectivity and antibody evasion. Perhaps the most challenging is that the sensitivity of some of the available rapid tests have been reduced against Omicron, compared to previous variants, forcing people to… Continue reading New Paper – How Omicron Finds the Sweet Spot