Researchers Find the Adhesions that Build the Brain’s Networks An important clue to several maladies, including epilepsy and autism spectrum disorders DURHAM, N.C. – The brain’s neurons tend to get most of the scientific attention, but...
Staff and Faculty Share Glimpses of a Post-Pandemic Life Duke employees describe their hopes after COVID-19 With all Duke staff and faculty able to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine, Working@Duke...
Brain Clears the Way for Binocular Vision Even Before Eyes Are Open Selective pruning of key brain connections brings two-eyed vision into focus DURHAM, N.C. – To prepare the brain for binocular vision and depth perception, first you...
Astrocytes Identified as Master ‘Conductors’ of the Brain Star-shaped ‘glue’ cells make it their business to govern connections between neurons DURHAM, N.C. -- In the orchestra of the brain, the firing of each neuron is controlled by two...
Lab-Grown Mini-Lungs Mimic the Real Thing – Right Down to Covid Infection Living human lung air sacs in tiny dishes promise to accelerate Covid research DURHAM, N.C. -- A team of Duke University researchers has developed a lab-grown living lung...
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...
