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Features

Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute

Race-based Medicine: Examining Inequality Embedded in the U.S. Healthcare System

Credit: Duke Mag

Shaping Sight: How Early Experiences Develop Our Ability to Perceive Motion

Anthony Metayer

Credit: Andrew McCarthy

How the Sun Can Bring Light and Darkness

Credit: Lydia Cox (Trinity ’25)

Venus Flytraps: The Most Wonderful Plants in the World

News

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Are Immune-Signaling Proteins The Key to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease?

Alessandra Dodson

Credit: Animals Around the Globe

The Whale that Lives Two Lifetimes: What the Bowhead Whale Tells us About Cancer Resistance

Credit: Advanced Science News

Where Cancers Hide: How Dormant Tumor Cells Evade Treatments and the Future of Prevention

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Gene Therapy: The Cure for Huntington’s Disease?

Spotlights

Undergraduate Spotlight: Sophia Wilson (Trinity ’24)

Undergraduate Spotlight: Maia Kotelanski (Trinity ’25)

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Katalin Karikó and the mRNA Vaccine

Mutants among Us: A Conversation with Dr. Katsanis

Duke Vertices Staff

High School Science Communication Challenge

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Reprogramming Sight: How Stem Cells Are Being Harnessed to Reverse Vision Loss

Duke Vertices Staff

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Biology’s Biggest Plot Twist: The Jellyfish That Rewinds Time

Duke Vertices Staff

Credit: the NIH

Navigating Nav1.7: The Future of Pain Medication

Duke Vertices Staff

Credit: California Institute of Technology

The Bandage of the Future: Healing Wounds with Smart Technology

Duke Vertices Staff