Created in memory of Bobby Menges by his parents, Liz and Peter, the I’m Not Done Yet Foundation has surpassed $1 million in gifts to Duke Health and transformed how the Duke Cancer Institute supports young people with cancer.

Dawn Elizabeth Bowles, PhD, assistant professor in surgery, is collaborating with NASA to explore how to mitigate the harmful effects of space radiation on astronauts' health.

School of Medicine researchers will be prominently featured at the seventh annual Invented at Duke event presented by the Office of Translation & Commercialization on Nov 11. Registration is free and open to all for this year's event at Penn Pavilion.

The Duke Global Health Institute's annual's annual research showcase highlighted 47 student research projects spanning span 21 countries and a range of global health challenges.

When your brain was forming, an enzyme had to pull off a powerful chemical reaction. One wrong move, and the process could fail — leading to a rare disorder that causes seizures and, ultimately, death. Now, researchers at Duke University School of Medicine have uncovered how this enzyme called MoaA tames one of nature’s most reactive chemical players to make this life-or-death reaction happen.

When Yvette Crawley of Apex was diagnosed in 2021 with a rare retinal disorder that would gradually rob her of her vision, there was no available treatment. Now there is: thanks to a Duke ophthalmological surgery team, Crawley recently became the first patient to receive a new cell-based gene therapy treatment from an academic medical center.

Through interdisciplinary research, community engagement, and data-driven strategies, the new Climate and Health Research Initiative (CHeRI) will unite efforts across Duke and advance efforts in the Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Global Health Institute, Nicholas School of the Environment, and the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability.

Duke research suggests that extremely fast bursts of radiation may have the potential to target cancer cells and boost immune response while sparing healthy tissue.

For most of rural America, access to clinical research addressing rural health is extremely limited. As a leader of a program designed to develop future researchers through hands-on experience and mentorship, Danny Benjamin, MD, PhD, MPH, is working to address this shortage.

Duke research reveals that a decades-old breast cancer vaccine may have unlocked a powerful immune memory response, now supercharged by a new antibody.