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Antarctica’s rough seas and high-speed winds did not stop a recent Duke Marine Lab expedition from studying humpback whales and other wildlife in the region.
Although the Centers for Disease Control does not project a severe year for the flu, Duke is still taking precautions aimed at preventing the virus from spreading this fall.
Scientists are using a Duke research misconduct case to draw attention to what they say is an increasing problem in some fields of scientific research—experiments that are not easily reproducible.
Although alcohol remains Duke students’ drug of choice, some undergraduates have recently experimented with a new, “legal weed.”
Dr. Victor Dzau stressed a positive future for Duke Medicine with the start of a new five-year strategic plan at the yearly State of Duke Medicine address.
Named a “Leader of Tomorrow” by Forbes.com and the founder of a company that Fortune Magazine lauded as one of the top 25 “coolest” companies in the world, Vivek Wadhwa is a well-respected veteran...
An increase in the number of Duke students applying to medical school this year continues a notable trend of this decade.
A team of scientists, including several from Duke, published a research article Sept. 21 in the Public Library of Science Biology about the control of cell division in mammals, which could have...
Dr. Wesley Burks is leading the charge in a possible revolution in the world of food allergies with from his lab in the Medical Sciences Research Building.
Duke scientists’ recent work identified a gene closely related to the world’s most common eye disorder.
Tablet PCs aren’t just for playing video games anymore—they are revolutionizing health care delivery at Duke.
As gluten intolerance becomes a more widespread medical condition, students affected by the disease hope Duke will make further efforts to accommodate their needs.
Nine months since the closing of the Student Health Pharmacy, Dr. Bill Purdy said that the Outpatient Pharmacy manager regularly reports that operations are “running smoothly.”
Two health care companies have cut ties with a Duke cancer researcher whose research methods and credentials have been called into question.
To discover how to sustainably meet the global demand for energy, the Fuqua School of Business launched the Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment Monday.
The Duke Global Health Institute sponsored the third annual GH TRIPS conference Monday, during which students exchanged and reflected on their summer fieldwork experiences.
A recent analysis by Duke researchers, including Dr. Sara Pasquali, Medicine ’02 and assistant professor at the Duke University Medical Center, examined the globalization of pediatric trials and...
Dr. Anil Potti has focused much of his research on developing genomic approaches that promise to help doctors find better ways to fight cancer.
Several months after announcing it will no longer cover the cost of sexually transmitted infection testing for students, Student Health has reached a consensus on test prices.
A representative for the Institute of Medicine confirmed Monday that the organization has been approached about conducting an external scientific review of cancer researcher Dr. Anil Potti’s work.
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