William McNeely survived a double lung transplant in 2019 and then COVID-19 in 2021.
William McNeely lives by a simple rule: never judge someone by how they look on the outside.
“So, when I look at someone I don t automatically think that they have it all together,” McNeely said.
That’s because the 57-year-old knows firsthand that appearances can be deceiving.
“You couldn t see that my lungs were destroyed, he said. And you can t see right now that I m on all these immunosuppressant drugs all the time.”
On average, McNeely takes about 30 pills every day, and they have an important job to do to help keep his body from rejecting his new lungs.
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by Barry Teater, NCBiotech Writer May 13, 2021 .
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK The North Carolina Biotechnology Center awarded 48 grants and loans totaling nearly $1.8 million to universities, bioscience companies and other entities in the third quarter of its fiscal year.
The awards, made in January, February and March, support life sciences research, technology commercialization and entrepreneurship throughout North Carolina. The funding also helps universities and companies attract follow-on funding from other sources.
Company loans
Three bioscience companies received Small Business Research Loans totaling $550,000 to advance their research, product development and commercial viability.
Alacrity Medical Innovations of Chapel Hill received $100,000 to complete prototype development and prepare for an Investigational New Drug (IND) filing with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a disposable, drug-device combination product that treats mild to moderate bleeding in patients
Charlotte Area Hospital Systems Prepare To Vaccinate Children Ages 12-15
May 11, 2021
CHARLOTTE, NC – Charlotte area health care providers are preparing to vaccinate children as young as 12 years old. The CDC is expected to recommend the Pfizer vaccine for people ages 12 to 15 Wednesday morning.
“We have known this was coming and so we’ve been putting plans in place this whole time,” said Dr. Lyn Nuse with Atrium Health.
Nuse says while the vaccines are new, the technology to create them has been around for more than a decade. She says parents should weigh the risks vs reward.
“The vaccine is actually safer for children to experience than the potential risk of getting the infection,” said Dr. Nuse.
I m A Nobel Laureate, But I Still Have Regrets Dr. Robert Lefkowitz On 5/2/21 at 4:00 AM EDT
Regrets I ve had a few. I wish I could say they re too few to mention, but that wouldn t be true. If you have ambition, you have regrets. It comes with the territory.
I recently made the mistake of writing a memoir recounting adventures from my life and career as a physician and scientist. Naturally, the writing process led me to also meditate on my many regrets, which unfortunately I didn t get a chance to detail in the book because my publisher wanted to keep things positive.