A Male Baboon’s Dominance Gives Him Babies, but Costs Him Years Struggle for dominance leaves a mark on genes and speeds up aging DURHAM, N.C. -- Some guys have it all: the muscle, the power, the high social status, the...
Duke Starts Sequencing COVID Genes, Finds Two Known Variants RNA viruses mutate constantly, but sequencing efforts are scant DURHAM, N.C. – As a next step in Duke University’s exhaustive, campus-wide testing...
Duke Alumnus Henry Taylor to Head to Cambridge University on Gates-Cambridge Scholarship Duke University alumnus Henry Taylor, Class of 2018, is among 24 U.S. recipients selected for a...
'Silent' Mutations Gave the Coronavirus an Evolutionary Edge RNA folding may help explain how the coronavirus became so hard to stop after it spilled over from wildlife to humans. DURHAM, N.C. -- We know that the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 crisis lived harmlessly in bats...
Looking for a Quick, Easy Getaway? Duke employees share their summer day trip ideas For Alissa Kocer, a weekend spent inside is a weekend wasted. Since moving to North...
Our Microbes Are Starving, and That’s a Good Thing High-protein diet, antibiotics make gut a festering swamp Each of us is only half human. The other half is microbial. Trillions of viruses, fungi,...
New Finding Could Unmask Blood Doping in Athletes RNA changes mark old blood cells among new ones, foiling self-transfusions A Duke research team has found a way to help sporting officials detect whether an athlete’...