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On Thanksgiving, a team 40 Duke medical personnel came together to perform the first bilateral hand transplant in North Carolina.
The Duke Endowment just provided a $50 million grant to the University to hire more researchers in engineering, mathematics, medicine, sciences and technology.
With rising sea levels and human development threatening wetlands, the effects of hurricanes could become even more devastating.
The deepest question some people ask themselves is where to eat at the Brodhead Center, but for one Duke professor, her questions revolve around ethical quandaries in scientific research.
Sharing videos of cute exotic animals interacting with humans may be fun, but a Duke study found it may have a negative impact on non-domesticated animals.
Marine biologists now know more about the world's deepest-diving mammal thanks to a new Duke study.
A new study from Duke shows that cardiac magnetic resonance testing can not only non-invasively diagnose coronary artery disease, but can also determine whether or not it is fatal.
Researchers at Duke recently brought attention to the fact that although AIDS-related deaths have decreased overall, youth aged 10 to 19 years have experienced a 50 percent increase in mortality in recent years.
A tumor removal tool created at Duke was recently designated a “Breakthrough Device" by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Duke hopes to strengthen scientific integrity through its newly established Office of Scientific Integrity, an administrator from the office said Thursday evening.
New research has led a Duke professor to rescind a hypothesis he made years ago.
Cancer medication may help treat pneumonia too.
During the last several years, marijuana use has increased, as medical cannabis has become legalized in 33 U.S. states.
In the 1990s, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitors rose to fame as a medication that blocked what researchers thought at the time to be the reason cancer was able to invade cells. However, the glory was short-lived, as treated cells were still being compromised.
Studying the link between ancient and modern humans can be difficult, but one Duke professor approaches the problem from a unique angle.
Poverty is more complex than you might think, according to Anirudh Krishna, Edgar T. Thompson professor of public policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy.
A new Duke Bass Connections project hopes to bring our attention to the toilet.
Duke researchers are working toward creating better drugs for high blood pressure.
We're more likely to eat lettuce if it's near junk food on the shelf, according to a new study by Duke researchers.
Patients may have questions about artificial intelligence-driven healthcare—which is at odds with protecting "trade secrets."
