The blood-brain barrier is a layer of natural defense that protects the brain. It is designed to keep toxins and pathogens ...

With support from a Duke Psychiatry Educational Seed Grant and cross-disciplinary collaboration, patients now help maintain ...

Duke University’s Blake Wilson has been awarded the 2026 Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology for his contributions to the ...

Duke staff and faculty can save on everything from hotel stays to concert tickets through the new “Duke National Employee ...

Farahany also introduces the concept of cognitive liberty: the right to self-determination over one's own mind, and why protecting it has never been more urgent. “Cognitive liberty gets at this kind ...

The win-at-all-costs ethos that sports fans adopt as they cheer their teams to victory – or agonizing defeat – may affect how ...

The following is a summary of a story written by Emily Ford on Giving to Duke Health. A new gift will establish the Nursing ...

Women with advanced ovarian cancer experience an uncomfortable buildup of fluid in the abdomen, called ascites. Duke ...

Peter Klopfer, co-founder of the Duke Lemur Center, died on June 5 at the age of 95. Klopfer, a professor emeritus of biology ...

A difference at the smallest level of DNA -- one amino acid on one gene -- can determine whether you find a given smell pleasant. A different amino acid on the same gene in your friend's body could ...

Research from the Fuqua School of Business examines how news shared on social media influences whether local businesses adopt ...

Dr. Mary E. Klotman, executive vice president for Health Affairs at Duke University and dean of the Duke University School of ...