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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Driving force behind strange NC outbreak solved by a Duke collaboration

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.

NC-PAL is a free provider-to-provider consultation line and education program available to all clinicians across the state for questions about behavioral health or psychiatric medication management for their pediatric and perinatal patients. Nicole Heilbron and Gary Maslow are leads of the program, part of the statewide effort to address the youth mental health crisis.