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Duke researchers selected to National Academy of Inventors

December 16, 2025
Aravind Asokan, a pioneer in gene therapy research, and Adam Wax, an expert in medical imaging and optical technologies, are among the newly inducted members of the prestigious organization.
Illustration of a 3D-bioprinted lung model with real-time ventilating alveolar sac

Duke School of Medicine launches $3.2 million effort to 3D-print a living lung

December 15, 2025
Lung model will mimic real breathing to study how co-infections can turn routine flu into life-threatening disease .
Esen Akpek, MD, speaks with a patient.

Visionary gift propels Duke Eye Center to forefront of ocular immunology

December 15, 2025
New Director Esen K. Akpek, MD, will guide the next chapter of the Frances and Stephen Foster Center for Ocular Immunology, honoring the Fosters’ philanthropic partnership with Duke Eye Center and their unwavering dedication to advancing vision health worldwide.
Cryptococcus cells

Researchers uncover how a killer fungus quietly invades the brain

December 11, 2025
Study shows a deadly fungus gets a two-week head start on the brain’s defenders. It points to a new strategy for boosting the immune system to fight Cryptococcus.
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Interactive approach transforms psychiatry education for medical students

December 8, 2025
Rebekah Jakel, MD, PhD, led a refresh of the psychiatry curriculum for first-year MD students, shifting from a lecture-based format to one that engages students in analyzing and discussing a variety of case studies.
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Why muscles weaken with age — and how exercise fights back

December 4, 2025
Exercise activates longevity genes that lower DEAF1, allowing a major muscle-growth pathway to return to normal and turn back the clock on aging muscles.
Scientists examine heart tissue in a lab dish

How to heal a broken heart

December 2, 2025
Nenad Bursac, PhD, is growing beating human heart tissue in the lab to test a gene therapy that repairs heart tissue damaged from heart attacks.
Barton Haynes in his office surrounded by bookcases and publications

10 groundbreaking advances that grew out of HIV research

December 1, 2025
A new Nature Medicine paper highlights how 40 years of HIV research reshaped far more than the fight against one virus. What began as an urgent global health response helped fuel breakthroughs that now power treatments for cancer, tuberculosis, hepatitis, and even COVID-19 — thanks to sustained U.S. investment and collaboration across universities, industry, and government.
Students practice inserting breathing tubes at Duke School of Medicine’s Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center. Duke researchers are studying ways to lower the risk of pneumonia for critically ill patients who need mechanical ventilation. Photo by Eamon Queeney.

Specialized breathing tubes fail to cut pneumonia risk in emergency care

November 27, 2025
Study finds breathing tubes specially designed to reduce infections in patients on a ventilator didn’t perform any better than standard tubes when used in emergency situations.
Karl Dimiter-Bissig, MD, PhD, Chen Family Associate Professor of Pediatrics, talks with Duke University President Vincent Price at the Invented at Duke event on Nov. 11.

Invented at Duke 2025: Technologies shaping the future beyond campus

November 26, 2025
This year's Invented at Duke event featured innovations demonstrating the breadth of Duke innovation – from bioengineering and materials science to medical devices and environmental technology – and the translational strength behind them.

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