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Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Duke scientists have identified microbes that diverged into new species to specialize in colonizing one area after another of the human body. The new analysis used mathematical tools originally developed for geologists. Credit: Jonathan Fuller

March 20, 2017

Microbes Evolved to Colonize Different Parts of the Human Body

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Duke Chemistry Professor Emily Derbyshire is the recipient of AAAS Marion Milligan Mason Award. Photo by ��ţӰ�� Photography..

January 11, 2017

Chemistry Professor Wins 2017 Marion Milligan Mason Award

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RNA (yellow) moves quickly toward the uppermost layer of the brain along the path of neural stem cells (red). Credit - Louis-Jan Pilaz, ��ţӰ��

December 1, 2016

Neural Stem Cells Serve As RNA Highways Too

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Duke faculty honored this year by the American Association for the Advancement of Science: Jane Pendergast, John Rawls and Joe Brice Weinberg.

November 28, 2016

Three Duke Researchers Named AAAS Fellows

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In this microscope view of cancerous tissue, purple-colored breast cancer cells are nestled within ribbons of pink connective tissue. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox, National Cancer Institute, NIH.

November 21, 2016

Breast Cancer Cells Starve For Cystine

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October 11, 2016

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September 22, 2016

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In mice with genetic forms of microcephaly, stem cells (red or blue) die off before they can divide and become mature neurons (green). Too much of a protein called p53 is at least partly responsible for underdeveloped brains. Photo by John McMahon.

September 12, 2016

Genetic Causes Of Small Head Size Share Common Mechanism

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A set of human chromosomes with the “primary” and “backup” sites for centromere assembly on chromosome 17 painted in red and green, respectively. Credit: Beth Sullivan, ��ţӰ��

August 30, 2016

Variation in “Junk” DNA Leads to Trouble

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The guts of C. elegans worms are highlighted by a green fluorescent protein that is produced when the nervous system is targeted by genetic modifications or by drugs used in humans. Photo by Alejandro Aballay.

August 11, 2016

Targeting the Gut-Brain Connection Can Impact Immunity

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