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Paul Modrich, PhD, professor of biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, has won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Modrich's groundbreaking work has been in the area of DNA repair - a fascinating area of basic biochemistry that is of fundamental importance to understanding cancer and other serious diseases.

A new study from Duke Medicine has found that using a combination of chemicals and UV light to clean patient rooms cut transmission of four major superbugs by a cumulative 30 percent among a specif

The Chancellor’s Discovery Program fuels new opportunities for innovative research projects at Duke Medicine that can lead to long-term externally funded research support. 

Duke School of Medicine and the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore have announced a call for proposals for collaborative research pilot projects

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This year’s chief resident of internal medicine at the Durham VA Medical Center has a particular interest in serving veterans because he is one himself.

This week Virginia Wang, PhD, accepted an invitation to be on the editorial board of 

Kevin Thomas, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology), has received a $2 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

A study led by John Perfect, MD, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, is using transparent fish to watch in real

In October, the Duke Physician Assistant Program will celebrate its 50th anniversary, marking the milestone of being the first physician assistant program in the nation and birthplace of the PA pro