http://unclineberger.org The latest information about UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center - including important breakthroughs in cancer research, treatment and prevention - and the University Cancer Research Fund (UCRF). http://unclineberger.org/news/2009/release1104_1/ http://unclineberger.org/news/2009/release1104_1/ cientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have developed and experimentally tested a technique to predict new target diseases for existing drugs. http://cancer.med.unc.edu/news/2009/release1030/ http://cancer.med.unc.edu/news/2009/release1030/ Two North Carolina citizens, one, a UNC Lineberger faculty member, Dr. Joe DeSimone, and the other, the chairwoman of the UNC Lineberger Board of Visitors, Betty Ray McCain, were among six people presented with the North Carolina Award, the highest civilian honor the state bestows. http://unclineberger.org/news/2009/release1104/ http://unclineberger.org/news/2009/release1104/ UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center recognized four staff members with the 2009 Oncology Nursing Excellence Awards and the Clinical Services Excellence Awards. http://unclineberger.org/news/2009/release1105.asp http://unclineberger.org/news/2009/release1105.asp Wounds - and how they heal, scar and change body tissues - may hold clues to more effective treatments for breast cancer, University of North Carolina researchers have found. http://cancer.unc.edu/news/2009/release1106.asp http://cancer.unc.edu/news/2009/release1106.asp The UNC football program and the UNC Dance Marathon are raising funds in honor of Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich, the 2008 ACC Defensive Player of the Year who was diagnosed last spring with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that typically affects young adults and children. Their goal is to raise at least $10,000 for Sarcoma Research at UNC Lineberger. There are many ways fans can contribute.