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More than three months after the nurses voted not to form a union, Duke Hospital officials have started to address the numerous issues that sprang into the limelight during the unionization campaign.
In a study that will be published in the upcoming edition of Cancer Research, scientists in the Medical Center have made a discovery that runs contrary to existing paradigms about tumor cell growth.
Over winter break, as I was listening to a local hard rock station one evening, the disc jockey decided to give out some tickets for the upcoming New Year's Eve bash. But instead of awarding the prize package to any particular caller, he decided to give it to the winner of the "Name That Homo" game.
University researchers have offered further proof that the classic laws of genetic inheritance taught in biology classes may not apply to all aspects of the human genome after all.
Speaking to a half-filled Geneen Auditorium as part of a two-day Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences symposium on "Landscape Legacies," outgoing United States Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbit offered his views Monday on proper management and preservation of the country's public lands.
Scientists from the Medical Center recently devised a way to predict the movements of monkeys by analyzing neural signals in their brains.
By now, almost everyone has chimed in on the presidential election results, be these results official or not. Some are finding important lessons in this mess while others are finding new bull's eye targets for their dartboards-I hear Ralph Nader is a popular one in Democratic households, although he is quickly being replaced by the likes of Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris and Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Theresa "Butterfly" LePore.
Thanksgiving has passed, Christmas is coming and the season for overeating has officially begun.
Although their primary calling is advancing medical knowledge, Comprehensive Care Center researchers are also focusing on increasing the patients' quality of life during and after treatment.
Little by little-or million by million-the Medical Center is inching closer to its $550 million goal in the Campaign for Duke. An anonymous, retired physician and alumnus of the School of Medicine set up a $1 million fund to boost research at the Duke Arthritis Center, Medical Center officials announced yesterday.
Eduardo Kac is a transgenic artist-he uses genetic engineering techniques to create unique living beings.
The one-size-fits-all approach to radiation treatment of lung cancer patients may become a thing of the past.
Sometimes, a late diagnosis of childhood brain cancer may not be the fault of inadequate detection mechanisms.
With lots of meticulous work and a bit of serendipity, researchers at the Medical Center discovered the process by which mutations in rod photoreceptor-specific genes hinder vision. They published their work last week in the November issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience.
When I was in the seventh grade I voted in a mock presidential election along with the rest of my social studies class. As a result, and apparently some type of reward, we all received a small, round sticker upon which the words "I VOTED" patriotically stood out in bright-red, bold letters.
It used to be, "Take two aspirins and call me in the morning."
Those who think that inhaling helium gas is reserved for clichéd and uninspired comedy routines may want to reconsider.
Using nuclear medicine to create an advanced imaging system, Assistant Research Professor of Radiology Martin Tornai hopes to make breast cancer detection procedures more effective and less painful.
This is the fourth story in a weekly series on long-range planning in the graduate and professional schools.
"I'm sick of you little boy and girl groups, all you do is annoy me, so I have been sent here to destroy you."
