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Zhang receives NIH R01 for type 1 diabetes research

Dr. Qibin Zhang, co-director of UNCG’s Center for Translational Biomedical Research and an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has received an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health for a research project seeking novel biomarkers for the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. The award is $1.7 million over 5 years … Continued


Detecting diseases early

Redacted from “Detecting Diseases Early,” spring 2016 UNCG Research Magazine From their lab at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, Dr. Zhanxiang Zhou and Dr. Qibin Zhang enjoy a commanding view of both the past and the future. In the distance sit the modest, low, red-brick buildings of downtown … Continued


Treating Alcoholic Liver Disease

Repost from NC Research Campus A certain signaling pathway in the liver has been identified as a factor in the progression of alcoholic liver disease, report scientists from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Center for Translational Biomedical Research (CTBR) at the NC Research Campus. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma … Continued


Zhang will co-direct CTBR

Dr. Qibin Zhang has joined UNCG as co-director of the Center for Translational Biomedical Research (CTBR). Zhang, an expert in bioanalytical chemistry, comes to UNCG after nearly a decade at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Biological Sciences Division. “Our goal is to build a first-class research … Continued


Niacin supplementation reverses Fatty Liver Disease

ZhouZhou - Niacin Research

Repost from NC Research Campus August 28, 2014 Zhanxiang Zhou, PhD, with the UNC Greensboro Center for Translational Biomedical Research at the NC Research Campus in Kannapolis, published new findings in the July 2014 edition of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research that established a connection between niacin supplementation and lowering lipid … Continued