Cell Biology

Neuron cells in the central amygdala of a mouse brain. Red, magenta and yellow cells (but not green or blue) are parts of a collection of neurons called the CeAga that has potent pain-suppression abilities. (Fan Wang Lab)

May 18, 2020

Neurobiologist Finds Potent Pain-Suppression Center in the Brain

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New members of the AAAS: Clockwise from top left: Rachel Kranton, Fan Wang, Richard Mooney, Vincent Price, Sally Kornbluth, Joseph Heitman, Blanche Capel and Geri Dawson.

April 23, 2020

Price, Kornbluth and Six Senior Faculty Join American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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Maria Pia Rodriguez Salazar; Mohamed Ismail

April 14, 2020

Two From Duke Named Soros Fellows

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April 14, 2020

Duke Alumnus, Graduate Student Win Soros Fellowships For New Americans

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Recruiters from Duke celebrate the completion of the March Madness virtual recruiting event. Photo courtesy of Gina Goodson-Allen.

March 23, 2020

Tales of Working Remotely at Duke

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A cross-section of the striatum in a mouse brain. Loss of huntingtin protein in striatal neurons (red) causes neuron loss and an inflammatory response, shown by the infiltration of glial astrocytes (cyan). (Caley Burrus, Duke)

January 21, 2020

Neuroscientists Find New Roles for Huntington’s Protein

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salamander regrowing a limb

December 13, 2019

Salamanders Can Regrow Limbs. Why Can't I?

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the rainbow of fluorescent stem cells reveals the cellular and molecular dynamics of pre-cancerous events.

December 2, 2019

Innovative Model Allows Researchers to Watch Cancer Cells Spread in Colon Before Cancer Is Even Detected

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image of lysosome-rich enterocyte

September 3, 2019

An Alternative Path to Nutrition

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Computer-generated vectors show the motion and speed of cell nuclei within a developing fruitfly embryo. These swirling currents keep nuclei spread out evenly and in sync to ensure they undergo the same number of divisions.(DiTalia Lab)

May 2, 2019

Developing Cells Do Synchronized Swimming Inside the Embryo

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microscope image of supraoptic nucleus of the brain

April 18, 2019

General Anesthesia Hijacks Sleep Circuitry to Knock You Out

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losing your left leg isn’t such a problem for axolotls.

February 25, 2019

We Can’t Regrow Limbs Like Deadpool, But This Creature Can

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Magnified hundreds of times, these green cells in C. elegans worms can change their tactics to get around once-promising cancer drugs and trespass into other tissues. The findings may point to better ways to block cancer’s spread. Laura Kelley, Duke Univ.

January 24, 2019

Why Once-Promising Cancer Drugs Failed

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Rossie Clark-Cotton, Fifth-year Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University

September 5, 2018

Cell Biologist Muses On the Value of a Summer of Study Away from the Bench

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For a turtle called the red-eared slider, a hatchling’s sex depends on the environment. Cooler egg incubation temperatures produce mostly male hatchlings; warmer incubation temperatures mean more females. Image via Pixnio.

May 10, 2018

How Turning Down the Heat Makes a Baby Turtle Male

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A black and white microscope image of ependymal cells in the brain

April 25, 2018

Brain Cell’s Achilles’ Heel May Prompt Hydrocephalus

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