Environmental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a widespread chemical found in plastics and resins, may suppress a gene vital to nerve cell function and to the development of the central nervous system, according to a study ...
Feb 25, 2013
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Using an artificial protein that stimulates the body's natural immune system to fight cancer, a research team at Duke Medicine has engineered a lethal weapon that kills brain tumors in mice while sparing other tissue. If ...
Dec 17, 2012
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What can a fish tell us about human brain development? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used it to identify genes responsible for head size at birth.
May 16, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- In a first ever demonstration of a two-way interaction between a primate brain and a virtual body, two monkeys trained at the Duke University Center for Neuroengineering learned to employ brain activity ...
Oct 5, 2011
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For years, researchers have published papers that associate chronic stress with chromosomal damage.
Aug 21, 2011
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An investigational combination of drugs already approved to treat obesity, migraine and epilepsy produced up to a 10 percent weight loss in obese individuals participating in a one-year clinical trial, according to researchers ...
Apr 11, 2011
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Nature gave ticks, mosquitoes and leeches a quick-acting way to keep blood from clotting while they extract their meal from a host. Now the key to that method has been harnessed by a team of Duke researchers as a potential ...
May 13, 2024
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A blood test successfully predicted knee osteoarthritis at least eight years before tell-tale signs of the disease appeared on X-rays, Duke Health researchers report.
Apr 26, 2024
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A perplexing problem for people with recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) is persistent pain, even after antibiotics have successfully cleared the bacteria.
Mar 1, 2024
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A Duke Health analysis of breast cancer in North Carolina has shown that the state's urban counties had higher overall incidences of disease than rural counties, especially at early stages upon diagnosis.
Nov 20, 2023
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