In the early morning of July 3, 1966, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Carole Ryan could not believe she was in labor. 

Her baby was due on the Fourth of July, and Carole felt strongly that she would give birth to her first child on Independence Day. But after some coaxing by her concerned husband, Carole grudgingly agreed to go to the hospital. Her acquiescence proved wise — baby Suzanne arrived just 20 minutes later at 6:10 a.m. 

In a study published in Nature, Duke researchers led by Trudy Oliver, PhD, reshape understanding of how small cell lung cancer begins, opening the door to developing therapies that could prevent this aggressive disease.

Duke's Neuromodulation and Stroke Recovery Lab, led by Wayne Feng, MD, focuses on harnessing non-invasive brain stimulation tools as potential treatment options for post-stroke complications.