Biomedical Engineering

A live look at the inner workings of a mouse’s intestines using photoacoustic imaging, which uses light to induce cells to emit ultrasound waves

May 10, 2017

Lasers Make Sound Waves That Reveal Live Views of Organs in Action

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Manish Nair: Watching Mr. Sam Hammond, the chapel carillonneur, play the carillon at Duke Chapel: amidst the incessant bustle of life here at Duke, the ringing of the Chapel bells at 5 p.m. every day unfailingly compels us to take pause and marvel at the

May 9, 2017

Manish Nair: Closer to a Tool To Fight Cervical Cancer

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Brian Matovu and Zoe Sekyonda

May 3, 2017

Duke and Makerere University Students Win Big at Big Ideas Competition

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May 1, 2017

Students, Doctors Develop Next-Generation Surgical Implants

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Moogfest2016 Modular Marketplace Carlos G.

April 18, 2017

Moogfest Returns to Synthesize More Amazing Ideas

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An artist’s rendition of how the new DART system works in a neural synaptic receptor. The red posts are the beacons that attract the white triangular ‘homing devices.’ This traps drugs (represented as hexagons) via a striped leash. Credit - Julia Kuhl

April 6, 2017

Homing System Delivers Drugs To Specific Neurons

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CRISPR-based system quickly screens non-coding genome for regulatory elements of disease genes

April 4, 2017

Screening the Human Genome's 'Dark Matter'

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The first two MUK students participating in the graduate program, Kenneth Rubango (right) and Henry Kiwumulo (left), set an impressive precedent for their peers to follow.

March 31, 2017

Ugandan Graduate Students Blaze a Trail to Duke

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As liquid flows past a cell, internal structures shift in the direction of the flow. The amount of shift can reveal a cell’s stiffness, which is higher in cancerous tissue. Blue areas indicate the cell’s internal structures are becoming less dense, wherea

March 2, 2017

A Better Way to Measure the Stiffness of Cancer Cells

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Pocket Colposcope (Beta Unit), a low-cost, easy-to-use portable cervical cancer screening and triage device. Photo credit: 3rd Stone Design, Inc.

February 15, 2017

Duke Team's Portable Screening Device Takes Aim at Preventable Cervical Cancer Deaths

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Blake Wilson

February 10, 2017

Blake Wilson Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

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An artist’s rendition of disordered protein structures that were engineered for the first time. Unlike typical proteins that have defined shapes, these protein structures are much like a clump of spaghetti that, while completely random, still stays resolu

January 30, 2017

Engineered 'Spaghetti-Ball' Proteins Provide Biomedical Insights

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Alex Vaz is a Duke MD/PhD student and biomedical engineering alumnus.

January 20, 2017

Forming New Memories: How the Brain Makes Order from Disorder

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Sina Farsiu

January 19, 2017

Farsiu Wins ARVO Foundation/Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Award

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Tumor-Seeking Salmonella Treats Brain Tumors

January 11, 2017

Tumor-Seeking Salmonella Treats Brain Tumors

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December 12, 2016

Three Duke Researchers Named To National Academy Of Inventors

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