At Duke Health, we aim high. It’s in our blood: when James B. Duke founded Duke University, he said he wanted it to be home to the best academic medical institution in the Southeast. Within 10 years it was among the best in the nation. Now it’s one of the best in the world.
Guided by a succession of visionary leaders and driven by a commitment to serve society, we set bold goals and push the boundaries of what is possible. Our ambition fuels groundbreaking research, innovative treatments, pioneering solutions, and a vision for a healthier future for all. We’re setting the new standard for how we treat the most serious diseases and equipping the leaders who will revolutionize the field.
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The Duke Mouse Brain Atlas Promises to Accelerate Studies of Neurological Disorders
A new, high-resolution atlas of the mouse brain will increase precision in measuring changes in brain structure and make it easier to share results for scientists working to understand neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Scientists Hack Cell Entry to Supercharge Cancer Drugs
New strategy could change how we design drugs—especially the large and polar ones that were once too big to work.
Neuroscientists Develop An AI Tool to Reveal the Brain's Secrets
An epic collaboration between neuroscientists at Duke and six other institutions has yielded an AI tool that paves the way for new approaches to treating neurological disorders.
Symposium Highlights Cutting-Edge Research
Duke University School of Medicine’s research symposium showcased how discovery science, AI, technology, and translation are driving progress on some of the biggest challenges in biomedical science.
Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain
Scientists at Duke are inventing novel approaches to understand the inner workings of the brain and to create ever more effective ways to repair and restore it.
Precision Health
Revolutionary advances in genomics, gene editing, and big data have given us the ability to understand, prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease with extraordinary levels of precision.
UNC Health, Duke Health Partner to Build NC’s First Stand-alone Children’s Hospital
UNC Health and Duke Health are uniting to create a new children’s health system in North Carolina, featuring the state’s first freestanding hospital dedicated to caring for kids.
HIV Vaccine Candidate Activates Crucial Immune Function
Researchers at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute successfully created an HIV vaccine candidate that guides key immune cells along an evolutionary pathway to become broadly neutralizing antibodies.