Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

When malaria fevers hit, the parasites in a person’s blood use a clever trick to take the heat. Credit: Pixabay

October 5, 2020

Duke Researchers Discover How Malaria Parasites Withstand a Fever’s Heat

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April 27, 2020

What Factors Contribute to Someone Getting Cancer?

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February 20, 2020

Paternal Marijuana Will Impact Brain Development of Offspring

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October 22, 2019

New Approach to Stopping Breast Cancer Recurrence Shows Promise in Mice

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Recombinant proteins may become more important as anti-cancer biologic drugs if they can be delivered in selected combinations by a slow release gel. (Credit: Mandana Manzari)

September 16, 2019

Cancer Therapy Using Genetic Targeting and Gel Delivery Shows Promise

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Duke faculty members Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, left, and Paul Bloom, right, show off their medals at the Duathlon National Championships. Submitted photo.

August 5, 2019

Employee Athletes Among Us

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A discovery that explains why bats rarely get cancer may lead to treatments for humans with cancer, according to researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School.

July 3, 2019

Bat Protein That Pumps Out Toxins in Cells May Point to Human Cancer Treatments

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June 18, 2019

Inhibiting This Enzyme Unleashes the Immune System on Breast Cancer

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staining image shows collagen deposit, in blue

April 25, 2019

Uncovering the Path Breast Cancer Uses to Recur

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Sven Eric Jordt, Duke University

January 23, 2019

Jordt Recognized for Toxicology Research

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researchers, led by M.D./Ph.D. student Aaditya Khatri, focused on a family of cellular enzymes called the Abl kinases, which govern the proliferation and differentiation of a subpopulation of epithelial cells in the lungs.

January 15, 2019

To Fight Bacterial Pneumonia, Cancer Drugs Can Help Heal Lungs

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Wesley Brandt

November 9, 2018

Cancer Straight Talk: Men Can Get Breast Cancer, Too

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Sven-Eric Jordt

October 23, 2018

Adding Flavors to E-Cigarette Liquids Changes Chemistry, Creates Irritants

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Otto Griffin

September 6, 2018

Cancer Treatment at Duke Helps Farmer Stay True to His Roots

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Turning Ideas into Action: Tackling the Opiate Epidemic in North Carolina

April 29, 2018

Class of 2018: Ten Ideas on the State Opioid Crisis

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

April 9, 2018

Faculty Startup Sold to Belgian Pharma for $30 Million

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