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summer science scholars

August 2, 2022

Summer Scholars Leave Duke With Valuable Research in Genome Sciences and Medicine

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March 2, 2022

How Superbugs Use Mirror Images to Create Antibiotic Resistence

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February 1, 2022

Remembrance of Wordles Past

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Teeth-baring, glaring confrontations are a normal part of being the boss male baboon. A new study shows that the guys at the top will age faster as a result of constantly having to defend their higher status. (Courtney L. Fitzpatrick)

April 6, 2021

A Male Baboon’s Dominance Gives Him Babies, but Costs Him Years

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Duke’s genomic sequencing core in the Chesterfield building (shown here in 2019) has been reading the genomes of covid-positive samples from Duke’s campus and hospitals. (Jared Lazarus)

March 4, 2021

Duke Starts Sequencing COVID Genes, Finds Two Known Variants

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Henry Taylor

February 8, 2021

Duke Alumnus Henry Taylor to Head to Cambridge University on Gates-Cambridge Scholarship

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SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, appears to have evolved silent changes to its RNA code that gave it a biological edge over previous strains. Credit: Felipe Esquivel Reed

October 15, 2020

'Silent' Mutations Gave the Coronavirus an Evolutionary Edge

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July 1, 2020

Everybody's Microbiome Is Different. So How Do You Study It Usefully?

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Located just north of Durham, Falls Lake is an easy trip for those looking to get out and enjoy nature. Photo by Joni Harris.

May 13, 2019

Looking for a Quick, Easy Getaway?

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A Duke and Harvard study of gut bacteria in many species finds that the modern human diet and overuse of antibiotics could tip the balance between host and microbe to the microbes’ favor. Credit - Marion Kadi.

October 29, 2018

Our Microbes Are Starving, and That’s a Good Thing

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Red blood cells ferry oxygen to tissues, providing fuel for muscular activity. Unscrupulous athletes have been able to ‘dope’ their blood by enriching their supply of red blood cells. Credit: Bruce Blausen

October 18, 2018

New Finding Could Unmask Blood Doping in Athletes

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Element Genomics founders (L-R) Greg Crawford, Kris Wood, Tim Reddy and Charlie Gersbach.

October 3, 2018

From Innovation to Impact

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For a turtle called the red-eared slider, a hatchling’s sex depends on the environment. Cooler egg incubation temperatures produce mostly male hatchlings; warmer incubation temperatures mean more females. Image via Pixnio.

May 10, 2018

How Turning Down the Heat Makes a Baby Turtle Male

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Artificial intelligence detects patterns of gut microbes indicative of cholera risk. (Terra Communications)

May 7, 2018

AI Detects Patterns Of Gut Microbes for Cholera Risk

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Julia Sweeney

January 25, 2018

Misha Angrist Talks With Comedian Julia Sweeney About Cancer, Genetics and Being a Neanderthal

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Student map antibiotic resistance on campus

December 7, 2017

Where Are All the Germs? Students Explore Duke's Microbiome

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