Biomedical Engineering

Ashutosh Chilkoti has developed a single molecule, dual-drug therapy for diabetes that works well in mice for more than a week after a single injection

August 26, 2020

Type 2 Diabetes Drugs Work Better in Tethered Combination Therapy

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graphic of smart watch and covid virus

August 25, 2020

Early Detection of COVID-19: How Your Smartwatch Could Help

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Eric Richardson (left side in gray), Associate Professor of the Practice in Biomedical Engineering and Director of Duke Design Health, reviews projects with students and faculty.

August 11, 2020

Designing Better Healthcare at Duke

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A new method for identifying strains of bacteria and guessing their resistance to antibiotics uses an AI model to analyze their growth dynamics in culture.

August 6, 2020

AI May Offer a Better Way to ID Drug-Resistant Superbugs

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July 22, 2020

Silver-Plated Gold Nanostars Detect Early Cancer Biomarkers

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Kafui joined President Barack H. Obama and bipartisan congressional leadership for the signing of the 21st Century Cures Act on December 13, 2016. He is pictured betwee

July 21, 2020

Dr. Kafui Dzirasa: For Black Scientists, the Sorrow Is Also Personal

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June 15, 2020

A COVID-19 Study for Early Detection Expands to Reach New Communities

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A fluorescence image of retinal layers taken with a confocal microscope from wild, healthy mice (right) and mice genetically bred to show symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease (left). The green represents amyloid deposits that are thought to correlate with Alzh

May 22, 2020

Retinal Texture Could Provide Early Biomarker Of Alzheimer’s Disease

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Jessilyn Dunn and Brinnae Bent

May 15, 2020

Here'e How to Make Smartwatch Health Data Useful for Research

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Research scientist Harvey Shi demonstrates a new virtual reality interface that doctors could soon use to help make medical decisions such as where to place stents on a patient-by-patient basis.

May 14, 2020

Virtual Reality Blood Flow Simulation To Improve Cardiovascular Interventions

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Eric Richardson wearing a PAPR hood

April 30, 2020

This COVID Response Team Reaches Into Every Corner of Duke

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Cassio Fontes demonstrates a prototype of the D4 assay, which might be used to quickly test for COVID antigens, using blood drops and a hand-held scanner.

April 27, 2020

Duke Engineers Adapt Rapid Testing Platform to See If It Can Catch COVID-19

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Immunofluorescence showing dense terminal projections from the subthalamic nucleus into the globus pallidus externus. The neurons glow green to prove that they have received and are expressing the Chronos optogentic machinery after delivering it to the su

April 27, 2020

Light-Based Deep Brain Stimulation Relieves Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

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2020 Bass Fellows : (from left to right) Sheila Patek, Jun Yang, Brenton Hoffman, Gregory Samanez-Larkin and Christine Payne

April 23, 2020

Five New Bass Professors Named for Excellence in Teaching and Research

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April 8, 2020

Using Smartphones in the Effort for Early Detection of COVID-19

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April 6, 2020

The Duke Researcher Who Solved A Great Civil War Mystery

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