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Although Dr. Miguel Nicolelis still entertains the dream of one day playing for the Brazilian national soccer team, he is making far larger strides toward finding a way to restore motor function in paralyzed patients.
The newly formed Southeast Regional Center of Excellence for Emerging Infections and Biodefense spearheaded by Duke's own Human Vaccine Institute Director Barton Haynes is already charging full speed ahead.
The National Institutes of Health granted a six-university consortium led by Duke $45 million to establish one of eight national biodefense research centers.
As the gears of the fall semester crank up, many of us fondly look back on this past summer with memories of lazy days spent at the beach. Others, however, were more productive with their summers, availing themselves of opportunities they will surely never forget.
Today's culture craves bad news. Every morning, millions of people around the world flip on their television sets and click immediately to their favorite news channel. Rugged reporters in the thick of the most recent disaster, possibly thousands of miles away, instantaneously beam their breaking stories of death and destruction into the homes of viewers in terry cloth robes, comfortably sipping their freshly brewed coffee.
A key indicator of medical research excellence has shown the School of Medicine's 2002 growth rate to be tops among its peers.
Faculty at the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy believe that genetics is not just for geeky scientists with lab coats and pocket protectors.
A critically ill baby undergoing a surgical procedure at the Duke University Hospital pediatric intensive care unit caught fire June 2. The patient sustained burns covering over 10 percent of its body.
A critically ill baby undergoing a surgical procedure at the Duke University Hospital pediatric intensive care unit caught fire Monday afternoon. The patient sustained burns covering over 10 percent of its body, according to the News and Observer of Raleigh.
The formal announcement of a partnership between the Medical Center and The Center for Advancement of Genomics heralds the onset of what could prove to be a revolutionary step toward preventive medicine.
After 13 years as the top dog in the School of Nursing, Mary Champagne will not seek another five-year term to continue her reign as the school's dean.
As the spread of the SARS epidemic in Canada lurks threateningly close to the United States border, researchers at the Human Vaccine Institute are pursuing the development of a SARS vaccine and Duke public health officials are trying to make sure that all the necessary safety precautions are in place.
Long held as the centerpiece of the School of Medicine's doctor of medicine program, the third year is also going under the knife as the rest of the curriculum gets a face-lift.
The Pope and Michael J. Fox have it, but you may one day be able to avoid it.
As Dr. Ralph Snyderman, chief executive of the Health System, continues a campaign to advocate preventive medicine among Washington lawmakers, a new Duke study suggests that primary care physicians have no time to fulfill national preventive care measures recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
With the fate of government funding for research currently in the hands of the 108th U.S. Congress, Medical Center officials are rethinking the way they apply for grants and "sell" their research.
Although the issue of eating disorders can often be swept under the carpet of campus discussion, two new studies reveal that disordered eating behavior plays a central role in the lives of many Duke students.
Rhesus macaque monkeys show not only the ability to learn ordered images but also an abstract, flexible knowledge of learned material, a new study reports--suggesting that these supposedly human-specific characteristics trace back to other primates.
The Beatles did it, and according to recent research by Duke experts, those who suffer from chronic pain or want to reduce stress-related health problems should too. There is growing sentiment in the medical field that meditation is just as effective a tool for alleviating the symptoms of stress and pain-related diseases as conventional practices.
If it's not the heart attack, it might be the care given by doctors afterward that kills a heart attack victim-a problem that Duke doctors are hoping to confront with a new push for greater education of their peers.
