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One Mother, Two Species: Ant Queens Clone Other Species to Increase Colony Productivity

Alessandra Dodson

Credit: Blueprint

The Cost of Five Letters: Rethinking the MD-PhD Advantage

Real-World AI, Not-So-Real Foundations: How Synthetic Data Shapes the World’s Leading Models

Arjun Saha Choudhury

Credit: Dr. Laura Tafe

Beyond the Stethoscope: Medicine, Mindfulness, and the Art of Looking Within

News

Credit: Zephyr/Science Source

Gene Therapy: The Cure for Huntington’s Disease?

Credit: Neuroscience News

Population Study Connects Shingles Vaccine with Reduction of Dementia Development

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center

A New Hope: Preventing Spinal Muscular Atrophy Through Prenatal Intervention

Michelle Hsiung

Credit: David Malakoff

Weathering the NIH Grant Freeze

Spotlights

Credit: Richard Wong (UPE ’26)

An Ecosystem within an Ecosystem: A Conversation with Richard Wong in the Gibert and Wright Labs

Credit: Ramaswamy et al., 2024

Melodies of Memory: How Music Therapy Has Transformed Dementia Care

Credit: Duke Health

Walling Off Pathogens with Hepatocytes: A Conversation with Yu-Ming Li in the Miao Lab

Enhancing Mentorship and Diversity in STEM: Duke’s Health and Environmental Scholars Program

High School Science Communication Challenge

Credit: Yale School of Medicine

Beyond the Microscope: Exploring Nanotechnology’s Role in Cancer Treatment

Duke Vertices Staff

Credit: Pia Männikkö

Does this article seem familiar?

Duke Vertices Staff

Credit: Harvard University

The Neuron Murderer: Revolutionizing Parkinson’s Disease Treatments

Duke Vertices Staff

How to Repair a Human Liver

Duke Vertices Staff