Weapon of Mass Congestion: Protection from Influenza Virus through Gene Control
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is hoping to give people a different kind of superpower: protection from potentially lethal health threats
Accessing the Gut-Brain Axis
Xiling Shen, Ph.D., received $400,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to become a part of CZI’s Seed Networks for the Human Cell Atlas, along with 37 other collaborative science teams.
Sweet Adaptation
Giant Axonal Neuropathy (GAN), has fewer than 100 known cases, which makes research – and therefore treatment options – scarce.
Shah Named Associate Dean and Director of Duke Precision Genomics Collaboratory
Svati Shah, MD, MHS, has been named Associate Dean of Genomics and Director of the Duke Precision Genomics Collaboratory. The collaboratory is a new coordinating center that will serve as the nexus for genetics and genomics activities in the School of Medicine. As director, Dr. Shah will coordinate efforts among institutes, centers and departments in all areas of genetics and genomics, ranging from fundamental basic science to clinical genomics and precision medicine.
Defending Against Kidney Cell Carcinomas
Diet fads that influence consumers to deprive their bodies of certain foods, such as the Atkins low-carb diet program, have been around for decades.
Guts and Glory: David Lab Studies Gut Microbiome
Like fingerprints, everyone has a unique gut microbiome.
Using Supercomputers to Checkmate Cancer
Duke PhD student Marcel Frenkel knows this problem well, as he watched his mom’s pancreatic cancer develop resistance to her therapies and pass away in 2015.
Gersbach awarded gene therapy research grant from Gilbert Family Foundation
The Gilbert Family Foundation, a private foundation established by Jennifer and Dan Gilbert, announced its first major initiative around gene therapy research.
Wray Named AAAS Fellow
Greg Wray is one of five faculty members and one staff member from Duke to be named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
ATTRACTing scientists to Duke to study vascular biology and stroke
On Thursday, October 11, Doug Marchuk will host an all-day meeting with seven other project leaders from the Leducq Foundation Network, ATTRACT: Arterial flow as an attractor for endothelial cell migration. Marchuk is serving as the North American coordinator on this grant. During the meeting, each project leader will present their current research for the project.