Cell Biology

A portion of mouse visual cortex shows the binocular region in green. Chandelier cells are red in this image. Chandelier cells are clearly less plentiful in the binocular zone. (Bor-Shuen Wang, Cold Springs Harbor Lab)

December 7, 2020

Brain Clears the Way for Binocular Vision Even Before Eyes Are Open

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mini-lung sample. Credit: Arvind Konkimalla, Tata Lab, Duke University, Durham, NC

November 19, 2020

NIH Director's Blog Features Duke Research on Mini-Lungs

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Astrocytes are highly complex cells that tightly envelope synaptic structures in the brain. This picture shows 3D-printed forms of astrocytes (photo credit: Katie King).

November 12, 2020

Astrocytes Identified as Master ‘Conductors’ of the Brain

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A single lung stem cell copied itself to generate thousands of cells and generate a bubble-like structure that resembles breathing tissues of the human lung. These are the cells that the SARS-CoV-2 virus targets. Image credit: Arvind Konkimalla/Tata lab

October 22, 2020

Lab-Grown Mini-Lungs Mimic the Real Thing – Right Down to Covid Infection

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A single-letter DNA change in a gene that lays down the pattern for a developing spine in zebrafish caused mutant fish to develop backbones that resemble ancestral fish (bottom image). (Bagnat Lab – Duke)

July 20, 2020

Graduate Student’s Mutant Zebrafish Reveals Evolutionary History

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Protein molecules move within a stable scaffolding in the sheet-like mesh that surrounds and supports most animal tissues. By A. Kawska.

July 7, 2020

Glowing Worms Provide Live-Action Movies of the Body’s Internal Scaffolding

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May 28, 2020

New Molecule Stops Drug Cravings in Mice With Fewer Side Effects

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Neuron cells in the central amygdala of a mouse brain. Red, magenta and yellow cells (but not green or blue) are parts of a collection of neurons called the CeAga that has potent pain-suppression abilities. (Fan Wang Lab)

May 18, 2020

Neurobiologist Finds Potent Pain-Suppression Center in the Brain

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New members of the AAAS: Clockwise from top left: Rachel Kranton, Fan Wang, Richard Mooney, Vincent Price, Sally Kornbluth, Joseph Heitman, Blanche Capel and Geri Dawson.

April 23, 2020

Price, Kornbluth and Six Senior Faculty Join American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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Maria Pia Rodriguez Salazar; Mohamed Ismail

April 14, 2020

Two From Duke Named Soros Fellows

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April 14, 2020

Duke Alumnus, Graduate Student Win Soros Fellowships For New Americans

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Recruiters from Duke celebrate the completion of the March Madness virtual recruiting event. Photo courtesy of Gina Goodson-Allen.

March 23, 2020

Tales of Working Remotely at Duke

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A cross-section of the striatum in a mouse brain. Loss of huntingtin protein in striatal neurons (red) causes neuron loss and an inflammatory response, shown by the infiltration of glial astrocytes (cyan). (Caley Burrus, Duke)

January 21, 2020

Neuroscientists Find New Roles for Huntington’s Protein

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salamander regrowing a limb

December 13, 2019

Salamanders Can Regrow Limbs. Why Can't I?

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the rainbow of fluorescent stem cells reveals the cellular and molecular dynamics of pre-cancerous events.

December 2, 2019

Innovative Model Allows Researchers to Watch Cancer Cells Spread in Colon Before Cancer Is Even Detected

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image of lysosome-rich enterocyte

September 3, 2019

An Alternative Path to Nutrition

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