More than 10 million people worldwide—about 1 percent of people over age 60—live with Parkinson’s disease. There are treatments that can help control symptoms, but there is no cure.

Imagine a doctor saying you need surgery to replace a heart valve, and if you don’t get it you will die from heart failure within two years. If you live in Honduras, once you get that diagnosis at a public hospital, the doctor will hand you a list of the items needed for the surgery: saline solution, sutures, gloves, an oxygenator, pain medication, and a heart valve. As the patient, it’s your responsibility to find—and buy-—the items on that list.

In this month's Professional Development Blog, Duke Alumnus Louis D'Amico shares his experience transitioning from lab work to a role as Senior Science Advisor at the US Environmental Protecti

The term open science describes a broad effort aimed at making scientific processes, data, analyses, and publications as accessible as possible.

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Have an idea you’d like to implement at Duke? Unsure how to craft the financial proposal or pitch your plans to key stakeholders?

Dr. William G. Kaelin Jr., a Duke trustee and alumnus, was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

Duke University medical student Alex Villeda has been awarded the 2019 Herbert W.

Spanning Duke University and Duke Health, the Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies will use homegrown tools and techniques to discover potential therapies for human diseases from autism to

 

 

 

 

 

School of Medicine researchers Diego Bohórquez Ph.D.