DNA Element With a Murky Past Is Borrowing Cell’s Repair Machinery, S&T Scholar finds
Circular DNA, thought to be an accidental byproduct, is borrowing the cell’s DNA repair mechanisms to copy itself.
Improvement to CRISPR Gene Editing Could Make It More Effective
A research team at Duke Health has found an improved approach to gene editing technology that expands its functionality.
Muscle Stem Cells: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
How muscle stem cells determine which ones repair injury and which ones resupply the stem cell population.
DNA Barcoding Identifies the Plants a Person Has Eaten
What people say they’ve eaten and what they’ve actually eaten are often two very different lists of foods. But a new technique using DNA barcoding to identify the plant matter in human feces may get at the truth, improving clinical trials, nutrition studies and more..
New Rankings Place Duke Scholars on Top of the World
Nobel laureate Robert Lefkowitz M.D., the chancellor’s distinguished professor of medicine, is ranked second in the nation and third in the world for Biology and Biochemistry.
Chantell Evans Named a HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar
Chantell Evans is one of 31 inaugural recipients of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Freeman Hrabowsky Scholarships, a new award of up to $8.6M over 10 years for outstanding early career faculty dedicated to EDI.
New Vision for Immunology Research at Duke School of Medicine
Chair Raphael Valdivia, PhD, is overseeing the restructuring of Duke University School of Medicine’s immunology department to reflect the increased importance of immunity and inflammation in all aspects of human health.
Clare Smith Wins Mary Lyon Award
Clare Smith, PhD, assistant professor of molecular genetics and microbiology is the winner of the 2024 Mary Lyon Award and will present an oral presentation at the International Mammalian Genome Conference in Washington, D.C., in 2024.
Can Scientists Learn to Prevent Brain Tumors?
David Ashley, PhD, FRACP, MBBS, the Rory David Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Neuro-Oncology and director of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke, calls his choice to focus his career on brain cancers "a compulsion to defeat this terrible problem."
Chasing New Targets in Parkinson’s Disease
Colin Duckett, Vice Dean for Basic Science, led a discussion with premier researchers taking a a closer look at the fundamental biology of Parkinson’s disease during the March 30 Dean’s Distinguished Research Series.