Biomedical Science

Neisseria gonorrhea infection induces inflammatory responses that are responsible for the symptoms of gonococcal diseases. The

Over 250,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in the United States each year.

This project is an application for the continuation of a cooperative agreement (U54), “Mechanisms of Alcoholic Pathology” (MAP), between faculties of the Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute

Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8) is a human oncogenic virus and, like all herpesviruses, establishes a lifelong infection in the host.

Dr. Kumar is the director of the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI) at North Carolina Central University.

The goal of this proposed HBCU-RISE project is to expand the scale and scope of the Integrated Biosciences Ph.D. program at NCCU through the addition of interdisciplinary concentrations.

Faculty and staff at NCCU/BRITE and BBRI and at the Clinical and Translational Research Institute of Duke have worked collaboratively to develop a three-year program to include intensive activities

Several lines of recent evidence suggest that the steroidogenic enzymes responsible for the catabolism of intraprostatic testosterone metabolites are important to biochemical recurrence and progres

Adenocarcinomas of the prostate, ovary and colon are associated with higher mortality in Americans of African descent, compared to Whites.

Heart disease is the principal cause of death and disability for both men and women in the US, accounting for 40% of all annual deaths.  A high cholesterol level, especially of low-density lip