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In the quest to develop an effective HIV vaccine, researchers have focused attention on identifying and targeting the region of the virus’s outer envelope where a lineage of antibodies are able to dock and neutralize the virus.    But true to form with HIV, these broadly neutralizing antibodies, or bnAbs, are highly complex and arise under an intricate series of events that have been difficult to trace backward to their origins and recreate.  

Faculty and a student from the School of Medicine were recognized at the Samuel Dubois Cook Society awards ceremony held Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at the Washington Duke Inn. The Samuel DuBois Cook Society honors Dr. Cook, a retired Duke University professor who was the first African-American professor to hold a regular faculty appointment at a predominantly white college or university in the South. The society recognizes the years of service that Dr.

Duke University received $384.6 million last year from the National Institutes of Health to advance medical research, ranking 9th in the country among universities, research institutions and teaching hospitals that are awarded the taxpayer-based research dollars.   Duke was the largest recipient of NIH grant funding in North Carolina for fiscal-year 2018, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, which publishes an annual analysis of NIH funding.   

The Duke University Health System (DUHS) has revised language in the Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) Brochure.  The go-live date for the updated brochure has been postponed to March 1st.   The updated Research section of the NPP notifies patients that Duke “may contact you to invite you to participate in certain research activities.

A Duke scientist is one of ten researchers selected for a prestigious fellowship by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

If you’ve tuned in to the popular TV shows The Good Doctor, Chicago Med, Royal Pains, and Elementary, it’s likely you’ve seen the work of Oren Gottfried, MD, a professor of neurosurgery in the Duke University School of Medicine.

The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research has released its 2018 rankings of NIH funding for basic and clinical science departments, revealing that Duke Surgery ranks highest nationwide with more than $30 million in funding committed to research.

It used to be a statistical fact that African-American men fared worse than whites when battling prostate cancer.    But recent research led by scientists at the Duke Cancer Institute has been challenging that notion. Added evidence will be presented Feb. 11 at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology showing better overall survival rates among black men with metastatic disease who are treated with abiraterone acetate or enzalutamide.  

The most recent Town Hall on Plagiarism and Intellectual Credit organized by ASIST and the Duke Office of Scientific Integrity is part of a monthly series intended to serve as a public space for interactive discussion, meant to contribute to a cultural shift where research integrity is fostered at all levels and in all aspects of research.

The most recent Town Hall on Plagiarism and Intellectual Credit organized by ASIST and the Duke Office of Scientific Integrity was attended by about 190 members of the Duke community, most of them Faculty and Research staff. The event is part of a monthly series intended to serve as a public space for interactive discussion, meant to contribute to a cultural shift where research integrity is fostered at all levels and in all aspects of research.