A Duke-led international research team has discovered one of the ways that drug resistance can develop: a process by which mobile DNA sequences called transposons trigger “hypermutation,” allowing certain genetic components to multiply unchecked.   

Closely related to smallpox, the monkeypox virus spreads through prolonged skin-to-skin contact. As a national health emergency is declared, three Duke experts discuss testing, community responses and who is at risk.

The Duke University Neuroscience Experience (DUNE) is a summer mentorship program that pairs graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with inquisitive high schoolers, and provides them with hands-on research experience and professional development training five days a week, 9 -5.

With an eye on the future, The Duke Physician Assistant Program (DPAP) recently held a faculty and staff event titled, “DPAP 2027: Disruptive Innovation for the Future of PA Education.”   

The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) has been named the Clinical Trials Data Coordinating Center for large-scale national research studies aimed at understanding and improving the treatment of long COVID.

Although typically classified as a single ethnic group, people of Hispanic heritage have markedly different risks for brain tumors based on their geographic origins, suggesting greater diversity that warrants attention in the health care setting.

This summer, eight scholars from across the country were paired with a faculty research mentor to learn laboratory skills, designing a research project, and effectively presenting future research.

Murali Doraiswamy, M.B.B.S., sat down with Robert Califf, M.D., commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the two discussed a range of issues, focusing on potential opportunities to enhance psychiatric care and support patients.

Liping Feng M.D., an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and affiliate of the Duke Global Health Institute, wants to know whether toxic environmental exposures increase the number of cases of preeclampsia, a serious, potentially life-threatening complication during pregnancy.

Antoinette Jasmine Charles, a second-year medical student, has already built an impressive record of social justice, activism, and civic service. This summer she was invited to join the White House Health Equity Leaders Roundtable Series, a series of discussions among medical students, clinicians, and policymakers focused on issues including access to care and social determinants of health.