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.

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

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.

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.

New tool provides a framework to identify human genetic determinants of infectious disease outcomes.

Operation Deep Dive is a partnership between Duke School of Medicine and American Warrior Project to examine the factors and causes of suicide among veterans and former service members.