Duke Hosts 15th Precision Medicine World Conference
What role should artificial intelligence play in patient diagnosis? How can we best prepare the next generation to make sense of enormous amounts of health-related data?
Researchers Find How Natural Killer Cells Regulate Protective HIV Antibodies
In the quest to develop a vaccine that triggers the immune system to prevent HIV infection, researchers have focused on identifying and eliciting a particular type of antibody that is capable of ne
From Innovation to Impact
When four Duke researchers developed an innovative technique for exploring the non-coding genome—the 98 percent of our DNA that does not encode protein sequences, often called the genome’s “dark ma
Researchers Discover How a Molecule that Makes Fat and Helps Cancer Cells Grow is Produced
Observational studies have long shown a connection between obesity and cancer in humans, but the biological processes linking them are not yet clearly understood by scientists.
New Way of Determining Treatment for Staph Infections Cuts Antibiotic Use
Using a clinical checklist to identify eligible patients, doctors were able to shorten the antibiotic duration for patients with uncomplicated staphylococcal bloodstream infections by nearly two da
It’s Not Just for Kids -- Even Adults Appear to Benefit from a Regular Bedtime
Sufficient sleep has been proven to help keep the body healthy and the mind sharp. But it’s not just an issue of logging at least seven hours of Zz’s.