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“For us in Africa, the continent perhaps where eventually they will say the deadliest variant of all emerged, it will only emerge because the world failed to do what was right in the moment that it was supposed to do it.”
Xilis’s current collaborations include other academic centers in the United States and major pharmaceutical companies.
The space is designed to promote collaboration between members of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute, the School of Medicine and nearby biotech companies as they tackle challenges related to infectious disease research.
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The findings revealed that contrary to popular belief, which suggests that our metabolism slows down in our 20s and 30s, there is actually no such effect.
“Once we get home, it will just be a different type of normalcy, but we just anticipate that this will just become part of our life and we'll just warm with that until he is called for an actual transplant."
A network created by Duke faculty aimed at giving Latinx community members increased healthcare access has gained nationwide recognition.
Athena is committed to development in education and will “cultivate a diverse next generation of mobile network leaders with the core values of ethics and fairness for AI.”
Duke is now the first medical center in the United States to implant a new generation of an artificial heart in a patient.
Imagine a metal, scaffold-shaped implant that could support the regrowth of a shattered bone.
“Our job is to prepare for pandemics and we’re already preparing for what might be the next pandemic," said Barton Haynes, director of the DHVI and Frederic M. Hanes distinguished professor of medicine.
The sky is no longer the limit for Duke’s course catalog.
At least three coronavirus variants have been identified in positive Duke-administered tests since the start of the semester. Who are Duke’s variant hunters, and how do they identify different versions of the virus?
Fauci and David Rubenstein, Trinity ‘70, discussed the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine distribution at an event that was livestreamed on Youtube. Fauci said the pandemic situation could improve by March or April if Americans continue to wear masks, practice social distancing and avoid congregating. But he also acknowledged the presence of new threats.
As Duke students await their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, they have lingering questions about access and acceptance.
Armed with shiny new technology and a major building expansion, Duke is betting big on quantum computing.
When the pandemic upended health care in 2020, Duke Health employees had to evolve their research, priorities and approach to treating patients. That has included testing for the virus and getting workers vaccinated—and reopening the health system to treat things other than the coronavirus.
Despite the excitement and relief brought by news of highly effective COVID-19 vaccines that will likely soon be approved by U.S. regulators, their large-scale manufacturing and distribution is wrought with issues and complexities.
Lefkowitz’s memoir “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm: The Adrenaline-Fueled Adventures of an Accidental Scientist” is set to be released in February of next year. The story builds up to the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry that he shared with his mentee Brian Kobilka. He also shares his experiences as a trained cardiologist who was diagnosed with a heart disease.
Colleges’ decisions to reopen this fall have raised concerns that outbreaks on campus could lead to COVID-19 spreading in college towns. However, a recent geospatial analysis by researchers at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found little evidence that student cases of COVID-19 at a sample of North Carolina universities had spilled over into the wider community.
A Bass Connections team is researching how the pandemic might impact sexual behavior and sexual health among college students in the Triangle.
