DGHI unveils cancer prevention partnership in Tanzania
By Pratik Shah | February 4, 2014With the unveiling of the new Global Cancer Initiative, the University is taking its global health prevention efforts to a new level.
With the unveiling of the new Global Cancer Initiative, the University is taking its global health prevention efforts to a new level.
A study that analyzed children from nine countries—including more than 300 families in Durham—found that a child raised in a dangerous neighborhood is more likely to exhibit aggressive behavior.
?Researchers at Duke are exploring the long-term effects of spinal cord stimulation in improving symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Hundreds of people braved the snow to attend “Are We Merely Machines?”, an event hosted by The Veritas Forum regarding the question of what, if anything, makes humans unique from machines.
The pigments of imagination are coming to life in a new course taught by the chemistry department.
The first annual Duke STEAM challenge prize was awarded to a group of four undergraduates working to curb dehydration caused by diarrhea in northern India.
A mobile by famous sculptor Alexander Calder has been donated to Duke Medicine, according to a Duke Health press release.
Duke University Health System hospitals, clinics and emergency care centers have been restricting visitor access since Dec. 30 to curb flu outbreak.
Researchers at Duke University have identified a protein crucial in the process of sensing and converting physical strain into cell growth in cartilage tissues, leading to implications towards a...
A superlens developed by Duke researchers allows electronic devices to be powered wirelessly at an increased distance, making it possible to to charge phones untethered in the future.
Dr. Brad Taicher, a Duke Hospital pediatrics anesthesiology specialist, recently operated on seven-year-old Kaelyn Krawczyk and allowed her service dog JJ into the operating suite to help monitor...
Dr. Gary Lyman was selected to lead the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research in Seattle, Wash.
A pharmaceutical company founded by two Duke professors is making strides in glaucoma treatment.
The Board of Trustees will decide upon the location of the new Student Health and Wellness Center in the next few months.
E.O. Wilson—renowned biologist, researcher and author—is coming to town.
After seven years at the helm of the Nicholas School of the Environment, Dean Bill Chameides will leave the school in a new place—literally.
A new reclamation pond near Erwin Road is expected to lower Duke’s environmental footprint once it is completed next summer.
By examining nail clippings, researchers can now track a subject's exposure to arsenic.
HackDuke—the first 24-hour hack-a-thon at Duke—assembled students and individuals from the American tech community earlier this month, resulting in innovative new technology created in just a day.
A multidisciplinary team from Duke is providing pediatric surgical care and research in Guatemala, where access to medical services is limited.