Precision Genomics Collaboratory News

Genes provide the most basic blueprint for building and regulating cell development, but as we age, these blueprints can get altered. As genes overexpress, they can cause a host of diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

The computer screen in Pranam Chatterjee's lab is filled with neon-green squiggles that curl in every direction. It's a digital model of a protein in the cell of a rare pediatric cancer called alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, or ARMS.

Fatty liver disease happens when a person’s body begins to store fat in the liver, which can damage the organ. Some forms of fatty liver disease are caused by excessive alcohol use.

The Duke University School of Medicine Office of Biomedical and Graduate Education (OBGE) and Precision Genomics Collaboratory awarded 11 pilot grants of $2,000 each to SOM Biomedical PhD students. The goal of these grants is to support our students in scientific and educational efforts to bolster their graduate training experiences. These awards will help further research in a broad array of topics including congenital heart disease, influenza, pregnancy complications, cystic fibrosis and more.

A Duke Health research team now might have found a way to turn back time and restore the liver.

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a new technique to better understand and test treatments for a group of extremely rare muscle disorders called dysferlinopathy or limb girdle muscular dystrophies 2B.

Former Summer Scholar, Brielle-Anne Michel will soon trade in her cap and gown from Wake Forest University for a lab coat in the Duke University Program in Genetics and Genomics (UPGG).

A blood test successfully predicted knee osteoarthritis at least eight years before tell-tale signs of the disease appeared on x-rays, Duke Health researchers report.

Svati Shah is quoted in Time Magazine about the importance of discussing your heart health history with your family.

First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, EdD, visited Durham on March 20 to deliver remarks on women’s health research to a group of about 40 invited guests from Duke University, NC Central, and UNC Chapel Hill.