Duke Today Schools Feed https://today.duke.edu/ en Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:00:49 -0500 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:43:37 -0400 Joesph Heitman Elected to National Academy of Medicine https://today.duke.edu/2024/10/joesph-heitman-elected-national-academy-medicine <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> School of Medicine https://today.duke.edu/2024/10/joesph-heitman-elected-national-academy-medicine Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:43:37 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Faculty|Molecular Genetics and Microbiology|School of Medicine Infectious Fungi Are Loving Global Warming https://today.duke.edu/2024/10/infectious-fungi-are-loving-global-warming <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>Climate change has the potential to make fungi even more hazardous to our health, according to research at Duke University. <a href="https://scholars.duke.edu/person/asiya.gusa">Asiya Gusa</a>'s climate change research focuses on how warming temperatures affect fungal diseases, particularly Cryptococcus. Her team found that higher temperatures increase the fungus’s mutation rate, helping it survive. </p><p>With more drug-resistant fungi emerging because of</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/10/infectious-fungi-are-loving-global-warming Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:21:42 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Climate Change|Faculty|Molecular Genetics and Microbiology|School of Medicine Hope for Dangerous Fungal Infections https://today.duke.edu/2024/08/hope-dangerous-fungal-infections <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> School of Medicine https://today.duke.edu/2024/08/hope-dangerous-fungal-infections Tue, 06 Aug 2024 08:31:34 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Molecular Genetics and Microbiology|School of Medicine With Climate Change Comes a Fungal Problem https://today.duke.edu/2024/07/climate-change-comes-fungal-problem Research points to protein’s role in helping plants and fungi adapt to rising temperatures School of Medicine https://today.duke.edu/2024/07/climate-change-comes-fungal-problem Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:25:41 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Cell Biology|Faculty|Molecular Genetics and Microbiology|School of Medicine|Science & Technology Initiative How Climate Change Is Affecting Health https://today.duke.edu/2024/04/how-climate-change-affecting-health <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> School of Medicine Magnify https://today.duke.edu/2024/04/how-climate-change-affecting-health Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:23:50 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Molecular Genetics and Microbiology|Nicholas School of the Environment|Population Health|Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences|School of Medicine|Sustainability The Promise and Power of RNA https://today.duke.edu/2024/03/promise-and-power-rna what if the molecule that became a pandemic hero could also help program our bodies to fight cancer, diabetes, heart conditions and sickle cell disease? School of Medicine Magnify Magazine https://today.duke.edu/2024/03/promise-and-power-rna Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:42:37 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Biochemistry|Cell Biology|Department of Medicine|Duke Human Vaccine Institute|Faculty|Molecular Genetics and Microbiology An Overgrowth of Nerve Cells Appears to Cause Lingering Symptoms After Recurrent UTIs https://today.duke.edu/2024/03/overgrowth-nerve-cells-appears-cause-lingering-symptoms-after-recurrent-utis <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Duke Health News https://today.duke.edu/2024/03/overgrowth-nerve-cells-appears-cause-lingering-symptoms-after-recurrent-utis Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:42:37 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Basic Science Departments|Cell Biology|Faculty|Molecular Genetics and Microbiology|Pathology|School of Medicine HIV Vaccine Takes Crucial First Step https://today.duke.edu/2024/01/hiv-vaccine-takes-crucial-first-step <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Duke Health https://today.duke.edu/2024/01/hiv-vaccine-takes-crucial-first-step Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:47:31 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Human Vaccine Institute|Molecular Genetics and Microbiology|School of Medicine|Surgery Duke Test Labs Explore Our Friendly (and Unfriendly) Neighborhood Microbes https://today.duke.edu/2023/10/duke-test-labs-explore-our-friendly-and-unfriendly-neighborhood-microbes <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Pratt School of Engineering https://today.duke.edu/2023/10/duke-test-labs-explore-our-friendly-and-unfriendly-neighborhood-microbes Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:05:29 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Civil and Environmental Engineering|Molecular Genetics and Microbiology|Pratt School of Engineering|School of Medicine Where Will the Next Pandemic Come From? https://today.duke.edu/2023/09/where-will-next-pandemic-come <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Duke Global Health Institute https://today.duke.edu/2023/09/where-will-next-pandemic-come Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:20:14 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Basic Science Departments|Faculty|Molecular Genetics and Microbiology|School of Medicine