Blue Devil of the Week: Searching for Answers in the Genetic Code By studying small signs in yeast, Sue Jinks-Robertson’s work can fuel big breakthroughs Name: Sue Jinks-Robertson Position: Professor, Vice...
An Inside Look at Duke's Finances From the Great Recession to current fiscal realities, Working@Duke demystifies Duke's finances Inside research greenhouses on West campus, string bean plants and Morning Glory vines shoot...
Zebrafish Researchers Discover a Self-Defense Mechanism of the Gut Banned painkiller had a unique effect on the model fish, so they shifted focus to figure out why DURHAM, N.C. -- A team of Duke researchers has discovered that cells lining the gut of zebrafish...
Lung Cell Patches Its Own DNA on the Fly to Survive Influenza Resilient cells make lung less hospitable to viruses, but may be double-edged sword DURHAM, NC -- Scientists at Duke University have identified one kind of lung cell that can...
Researchers Hope a 'Robo-Nose' Could Give K-9 Officers a Break Animal stem cells grown into a preliminary device to detect bombs and drugs Every day, thousands of trained K9 dogs sniff out narcotics, explosives and missing people...
Using Mice, Duke Researchers Identify How Allergic Shock Occurs So Quickly A newly identified immune cell mines the blood for allergens to directly trigger inflammation
Chlamydia Attacks With Frankenstein Protein The bacterium remodels human cells for its own nefarious purposes When Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacterium that causes one of the most common sexually...
