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April 30, 2026 | Duke University Pratt School of Engineering

Beyond the Cut: A New Era for CRISPR Medicine

Charles Gersbach and his colleagues are pursuing promising CRISPR technologies focused on controlling gene activity rather than permanently altering the genome.

March 23, 2026 | Duke University School of Medicine

New strategy creates CAR-T cells inside the body

Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine, working in collaboration with scientists at University of California, San Francisco, and University of California, Berkeley, have developed a new approach that could expand the reach and accessibility of CAR-T cell therapy.

March 12, 2026 | Duke University School of Medicine

The Brain’s Blueprint Maker

Debra Silver, PhD, wants to know what makes a human brain human and why early development sometimes goes off-track.

December 16, 2025 | Duke Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

Greg Wang Awarded Multiple PI NIH/NCI R01 Studying Prostate Cancer

G. Greg Wang, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, and Ling Cai, Assistant Professor of Pathology, have recently been awarded a multiple PI R01 that aims to understand and target epigenetic regulation of immune evasion in prostate cancer.

December 16, 2025 | Duke Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

Alicia Darnell Awarded V Foundation Grant

Alicia Darnell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, was recently awarded a V Scholar grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research. She will receive $600,000 over three years to support her research, which "studies what happens when cancer cells don't have enough…

December 16, 2025 | Pratt School of Engineering

John Hickey Receives V Foundation Scholar Award to Improve T Cell Cancer Therapies

The award will fuel Hickey’s efforts to reveal how T cells can better infiltrate and attack solid tumors

December 12, 2025 | Duke Today

Asokan Selected to National Academy of Inventors

Aravind Asokan is among those selected as fellows to the prestigious National Academy of Inventors (NAI) list.

December 2, 2025 | Duke Today

From Idea to Reality: Exciting Duke Inventions of 2025

December 1, 2025 | Pratt School of Engineering

Mapping ‘Dark’ Regions of the Genome Illuminates How Cells Respond to Their Environment

Previously unmapped sections of the genome explain how cells sense their mechanical environment and could open new paths for treating disease

November 19, 2025 | Duke Today

Charlie Gersbach among this year's Most Cited Researchers

September 24, 2025 | Duke School of Medicine

'Junk DNA' Found to Sense Its Environment, May Hold the Key to Disease Treatment

Researchers found that these overlooked parts of our genetic code help stem cells sense their surroundings and decide what kind of cells to become during early development.