Duke University School of Medicine researchers reveal how fungi can be both a species-threatening force and a vital part of our ecosystem. From recycling nutrients and trapping carbon to making bread rise and producing antibiotics, fungi are indispensable.

Cameron McIntyre, a professor of biomedical engineering and a professor in neurosurgery, has developed research that enables doctors to visualize a patient's brain in three dimensions. By using holograms, neurosurgeons can perform complex surgeries to alleviate tremors associated with Parkinson's disease and epilepsy.

Duke University School of Medicine has joined the Global Virus Network (GVN) as one of its newest Centers of Excellence. Collaborating entities include the Duke Research and Discovery @RTP, the Duke Global Health Institute and the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI).

Five School of Medicine faculty have been promoted or appointed to the rank of full professor. This milestone is the culmination of a rigorous and thorough review by faculty peers inside and outside Duke and by academic leaders at the department, division, school, and campus levels.

A new blood test can help predict the survival of patients with advanced prostate cancer, according to research published by Duke Cancer Institute members Andrew Armstrong, MD, and Susan Halabi, PhD

Growing up in the rural South, third-year Duke medical student Dorothy Gheorghiu was often the only Jewish person in her school, her neighborhood, and other settings. These experiences made her keenly aware of the importance of inclusion and belonging, and she was grateful to find a welcoming community when she came first came to Duke as an undergrad.

Just a few of the outstanding mentors in the School of Medicine’s basic sciences departments shared their thoughts on their mentoring processes and why mentoring is important to them.

Technological advances such as artificial intelligence, big data, and gene editing have dramatically accelerated the pace of biomedical research and health care. It can be hard to predict what new developments will arise next week, much less in the next 10, 50, or 100 years.

In patients with type 2 diabetes, a head-to-head comparison of the two most common types of bariatric surgery found that both may be effective for reducing long-term health care costs.

UNC Health and Duke Health are uniting to create a new children’s health system in North Carolina, featuring the state’s first freestanding hospital dedicated to caring for kids.