Graduate Student’s Mutant Zebrafish Reveals Evolutionary History Single-letter change in DNA also makes the fish a useful model for human spinal defects DURHAM, N.C. -- A chance mutation that led to spinal defects in a zebrafish has opened a little...
Glowing Worms Provide Live-Action Movies of the Body’s Internal Scaffolding Light-up proteins in the sheet-like matrix that encases tissues offer new toolkit for studying everything from kidney disease to aging. Duke University researchers have made the first time-lapse movies of the sheet-like latticework...
New Molecule Stops Drug Cravings in Mice With Fewer Side Effects New class of drugs may promise more specific cell-signaling with fewer side effects Duke University researchers have developed a synthetic molecule that selectively dampens the...
Neurobiologist Finds Potent Pain-Suppression Center in the Brain Single OFF switch dampens response of dozens of pain-promotion centers A Duke University research team has found a small area of the brain in mice that can profoundly...
Price, Kornbluth and Six Senior Faculty Join American Academy of Arts & Sciences President Vincent Price, Provost Sally Kornbluth and six other Duke faculty members have been...
Two From Duke Named Soros Fellows Fellowship for immigrants supports graduate studies` Two members of the Duke community have been named to the Paul...
Duke Alumnus, Graduate Student Win Soros Fellowships For New Americans Award provides up to $90,000 to immigrants and children of immigrants to complete graduate studies
Tales of Working Remotely at Duke In the first week of virtual access, employees adopt more online tech tools and keep moving forward in light of the spread of COVID-19 On regular days, Associate Professor of Cell Biology Michel Bagnat's lab in the Nanaline...
Neuroscientists Find New Roles for Huntington’s Protein Crucial role in synapse formation could be new avenue toward treatment DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke University research team has identified a new function of a gene called...
