A team of mechanical engineers has created a new diagnostic platform that can be used to detect various cancers and other serious medical conditions with greater efficiency.
To explore how stem cells decide to divide into copies of themselves or make new cells, the group researched the expression of stem cells in plants by developing a specialized microscope that takes precise photographs through a technique called light sheet microscopy.
The report, titled “Novel Lactation Induction Protocol for a Transgender Woman Wishing to Breastfeed: A Case Report,” is the fifth report ever published on lactation in a transgender woman, but is the only one that used metoclopramide for lactation induction.
Exploring all the different aspects of how we think, feel and socialize, Duke researchers have been hard at work understanding and tackling the challenges that face people’s mental wellbeing.
Researchers at the Nicholas School of the Environment published a discovery in Nature on Jan. 31, presenting “revolutionary” evidence of predator control over marsh landscapes. The study offers a novel interpretation of saltmarsh decline and opens the door for new approaches to shoreline remediation.
A December study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences highlighted the researchers’ newest discovery: a site, or epitope, on the influenza virus molecule which could potentially allow scientists to target multiple strains of influenza with the same antibodies.
As a “side project” in the Naumann Lab, neurobiology doctoral student Minel Arinel, alongside senior Aloye Oshotse and junior Elysia Ye, is observing the physiological shifts and behavior of larval zebrafish after receiving doses of DOI, a substance with hallucinogenic effects similar to LSD.
Using an app format that relies on direct and objective data collection, families can screen for autism by simply downloading an app, without the requirement of additional resources or knowledge.
Imran Anwar, a general surgery resident at Duke Hospital and the lead author of the study, says that results are promising, but there is still a long way to go before the drug can be used in transplant procedures.
Medicaid could expand healthcare access to underfunded groups within Durham, allowing greater access to services provided by Duke Health.
Duke Health neurosurgeon Oren Gottfried, who also works as a medical consultant for television, took on a voice acting as an AI operating room on Chicago Med.
The 14-member committee is responsible for monitoring the scope of science misinformation and brainstorming ethical intervention methods to limit its spread. At the end of an 18-month term, the committee will release a final report detailing the impact of science misinformation and laying a framework for future directions.
Goldstein said that when someone's sense of smell is damaged, people realize how important smell is to their daily lives. “We're constantly getting information through our olfactory system about the world around us,” he said.
At over 1.4 billion views in the last several months, the trending hashtag #IUD has allowed TikTok to rise as a platform for women to share their experiences with IUD insertion, removal and general usage.
Seasonal affective disorder can have a particularly strong impact on college students because it often coincides with finals season and the start of the new semester, both of which are common sources of stress for students.
Equity issues in computing can arise at the ground level with the development of software. The way that a programmer crafts a predictive model can be shaped by their own beliefs and biases.
Duke experts were part of a team that was the first to ever provide enzyme replacement therapy to a fetus to treat infantile-onset Pompe disease.
RSV typically spreads through the respiratory droplets of an infected person. Cases peaked earlier than normal due to the “immunity gap” from the pandemic, as many return to their everyday lives without masking or social distancing.
The Duke Human Vaccine Institute is tackling an epidemic that has claimed 40.1 million lives and continues to impact tens of millions more across the world.
The Wray lab's research helped forge the decision to make masks optional in classrooms as of Sept. 22, based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s community risk factor for Durham.
