Hispanic Heritage Month: Honoring Legacy, Innovation, and Advocacy
Stories of resilience, innovation, and advocacy took center stage at Duke during the third annual ¡DALHE! Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration held on September 22.
The Long Game: Changing Understanding of Liver Disease
Thanks to decades of work, Anna Mae Diehl, MD, is offering therapeutic promise for millions living with liver injury.
Opioid Addiction Treatment Delivered on the Front Lines
Duke Health emergency medicine physicians turn opioid overdose response into path to recovery.
“Junk DNA” Found to Sense Its Environment, May Hold the Key to Disease Treatment
A study in Nature Cell Biology has uncovered a surprising role for what was once considered “junk DNA,” showing that it helps stem cells sense their surroundings and decide what kind of cells to become during early development.
With $15 Million Grant, Duke Team Expands AI Tool to Predict Teen Mental Illness
The project aims to bring early mental health screening to clinics where access to care is limited.
Concussion Care: From Campus to the Community
Each year, two million children and teens get a concussion. Pete Duquette, PhD, who leads Duke’s Pediatric Neuropsychology Clinic, offers tips to parents grounded in modern concussion care.
Alpha Cells Moonlight as Secret GLP-1 Factories
Duke diabetes and obesity researchers show alpha cells in the pancreas unexpectedly churn out potent, insulin-boosting GLP-1 to help control blood sugar.
New Understanding of A Deadly Cancer
In a study published in Nature, Duke researchers led by Trudy Oliver, PhD, reshape understanding of how small cell lung cancer begins, opening the door to developing therapies that could prevent this aggressive disease.
Suzanne Barbour Honored for Sustained Leadership by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Suzanne Barbour, PhD, professor of cell biology has received the Sustained Leadership Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Healing After Natural Disasters
Duke experts are exploring how natural disasters and other extreme events affect mental and physical health.