Priya Kishnani Receives 2022 North Carolina Award for Science
Priya Kishnani, MD, MBBS, Chen Family Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and chief of the Division of Medical Genetics at the Duke University School of Medicine, received one of North Carolina’s highest civilian honors, the North Carolina Award for her contributions to science.
Duke Study Launches into Space Aboard Artemis I
Dr. Tim Hammond, professor of medicine at Duke, and co-investigator Dr. Holly Birdsall created the “Fuel to Mars” study to identify genes and gene pathways that fuel-producing algae use to survive deep space.
ALS Community Joins Together to Endow Duke’s First ALS Professorship
Led by three families who mobilized their personal networks and ultimately generated support from more than 500 donors, the Duke ALS community raised $3.5 million to establish the Stewart, Hughes, and Wendt Endowed Professorship in the Department of Neurology.
Study Identifies How Stealthy HIV Evades Drugs and Immunity
An immune response that likely evolved to help fight infections appears to be the mechanism that drives human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into a latent state, lurking in cells only to erupt anew, researchers at Duke Health report.
Duke’s Most-Cited — The Scholars Other Scientists Look To
Thirty Duke scientists — including no fewer than 21 with appointments in the School of Medicine — are on Clarivate's global Most Cited Scientists list, which tracks researchers whose publications are among the top 1 percent of citations in their field.
Duke Experts Participate in First Use of Fetal Therapy for Pompe Disease
Experts at Duke Health were among a multi-national team involved in treating a fetus for infantile-onset Pompe disease using an enzyme replacement therapy – a first in the world.
Protected From a Form of Cell Death, Women are More Resilient to Kidney Disease
A study led by Duke Health researchers provides some insights: Females, it turns out, have an advantage at the molecular level that protects them from a form of cell death that occurs in injured kidneys. This protection could be exploited as a potential therapeutic.
Determining Genetic Causes for Sudden Cardiac Death
People commonly associate heart attacks with clogged arteries, fatty diets, high cholesterol, and plaque buildup in the heart. And while all those things can cause sudden cardiac death, they are not the only culprit; gene mutations can also be to blame.
Mysterious Outbreak of Bone-eating TB Resembled an Ancestral Form
Driving force behind strange NC outbreak solved by a Duke collaboration
Study Finds Patient’s Race Affects Ovarian Cancer Care
Non-Hispanic Black patients are less likely to receive guideline-appropriate treatment for ovarian cancer than non-Hispanic White patients, significantly affecting their treatment quality and survival chances.