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Activating Complex Regions of the Genome to Treat Rare Diseases
2/12/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Activating Complex Regions of the Genome to Treat Rare Diseases

Researchers find a master epigenetic switch that activates silenced genes to compensate for their missing counterparts in a rare genetic disease called Prader-Willi syndrome

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Junjie Yao Named SPIE Fellow
2/6/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Junjie Yao Named SPIE Fellow

The organization recognized Yao for his pioneering work to advance photoacoustic imaging technologies

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GPS for Neurosurgeons
1/28/25 Forever Duke

GPS for Neurosurgeons

Cameron McIntyre’s research allows doctors to see a patient’s brain in three dimensions. Using this hologram, neurosurgeons can perform complex surgeries to alleviate the tremors associated with Parkinson’s disorder and epilepsy.

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Preventing Childhood Hearing Loss Worldwide
1/7/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Preventing Childhood Hearing Loss Worldwide

Local and global collaborations help BME Design Fellows make a low-cost, affordable, and easy-to-use screening tool for hearing loss in children

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Marc Sommer Named to Lead Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
1/2/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Marc Sommer Named to Lead Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Sommer will play a key role in identifying opportunities for Duke to extend its impact in the brain sciences, through both pathbreaking research and educational opportunities

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Reconstructing the Path of a Seizure
12/3/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Reconstructing the Path of a Seizure

New algorithm better identifies the origin of a seizure to guide more precise surgical interventions

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Injecting Hope
11/13/24 Duke Today

Injecting Hope

Shyni Varghese is bringing a gel-like substance that has healing powers for bone injuries to market

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Seeing Duke in a Whole New Color
10/23/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Seeing Duke in a Whole New Color

New program allows color blind Duke personnel to borrow EnChroma color enhancing glasses from the library for up to a week at a time