Duke Ph.D. students Jessica Waibl Polania (left) and Selena Lorrey are looking for ways to use the body's own immune system to target and treat glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer. They are conducting their research in Peter Fecci’s lab as part of the Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program.

A new custom-developed tool, called an organ-on-a-chip, shows potential for making pre-clinical testing more accurate.

Congratulations to the 2021 ADVANCE-UP program graduates! 

With a few large leadership gifts and some strategically placed advertising in national media, Duke University is launching a new fundraising effort designed to elevate excellence in the sciences. The faculty recruitment and retention effort, called Duke Science and Technology, will give the university resources to expand core strengths in Duke’s research, extending to nearly every corner of the university.

Six scholars have been selected for the 2022-2024 cohort of Duke's National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP). The cohort represents the fourth group of interdisciplinary medical researchers recruited to the Duke NCSP site.

The community outreach and engagement teams from Duke Cancer Institute, Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have launched a unique initiative that focuses on understanding and addressing the cancer-related health needs of American Indian communities in their catchment areas and beyond.

Duke medical students, Miranda Morris and Christine Park, and current Duke emergency medicine resident, Mitchell Veverka, MD, have been chosen as the newest recipients of the Barr-Spach Medicine and Engineering Scholarship.

Two Duke faculty members will be honored Thursday with the state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award. Governor Roy Cooper will present the award to Timothy B. Tyson for literature and to Blake S. Wilson for science.

Duke researchers are urging the World Health Organization to recognize talaromycosis as a neglected tropical disease, a move that could bring it needed attention.

This year's Outstanding Achievement Awards from the Society of Neuroscience (SfN) will honor a group of leading researchers that includes Nicolas Brunel, Duke University professor of neurobiology and of physics.