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Kenneth Dodge, William McDougall professor and founding director of the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Medicine Monday.
Paul Modrich’s Nobel Prize win is a huge victory not only for him and for Duke, but also for all fields of basic research, administrators and colleagues said.
After a female employee at Duke University Hospital was attacked Sept. 20, questions surround the nature of the attack, how it occurred and how it was handled by hospital administrators.
The national spotlight has again fallen on the anti-vaccine movement after dubious claims from Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Rand Paul during the second GOP debate.
After China’s recent economic decline and an inaugural year with mixed reviews, Duke Kunshan University is moving forward into year two.
Duke faculty and students are making it easier for undergraduates to get involved with research on campus.
Duke scientists and students are moving forward in their efforts to introduce a new method of delivering drugs that prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to infants.
A group of Duke pulmonary researchers has had a string of recent paper retractions from several scientific journals.
After more than a decade of diminished funding, a bill awaiting Senate approval could revive the National Institutes of Health’s budget.
A student Alzheimer’s Disease researcher is receiving national attention after publishing findings that show women decline in cognitive function at twice the rate of men.
After a lawsuit was filed this summer, faculty movement between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has become an increasingly scrutinized topic—and former Duke administrators claim that the the two institutions have avoided hiring each other’s faculty for many years.
Surgeons at Duke University Medical Center performed a successful separation of conjoined twins last month, and both twins are now recovering well.
A radiologist employed by Duke has filed a class action lawsuit against the University and Duke University Health System regarding an alleged no-hire agreement with the University of North Carolina.
New models of tiny, wireless pacemakers are undergoing clinical trials in Duke hospitals.
A Duke research study is shedding new light on Alzheimer’s disease.
President Barack Obama's calls for national efforts to fight antibiotic resistance are being met by researchers and physicians in Duke hospitals.
A new experimental cancer therapy involving a re-engineered polio virus is undergoing clinical trials here at Duke. After more than 20 years of development, the researchers and physicians of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center are now in the first phase of testing the polio virus in patients with glioblastomas, one of the deadliest and most aggressive types of brain cancer. Their promising results were recently featured in two 60 Minutes segments, which detailed the stories of the trial’s 22 patients. Neuro-oncologist Dr. Annick Desjardins is one of the main physicians of the study, and The Chronicle’s Abigail Xie spoke with Desjardins about what this new study might mean—and what it might not.
Eight months after the Duke Institute for Genomic Sciences and Policy was dismantled, the study of genomics is at an all-time high for the University.
After years of flat budgets and funding cuts, Duke researchers are looking ahead to possible increases in the National Institutes of Health’s budget for 2016.
A new version of the Medical College Admission Test will be administered across the nation beginning April 17, posing potential challenges for students applying to medical schools.
