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Using AI to Simulate the Body’s Fight Against Disease
7/16 Duke Today

Using AI to Simulate the Body’s Fight Against Disease

A team of students in Duke's Data+ Program is spending the summer building virtual models to find out how the human body fights diseases in John Hickey's lab.

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Epigenetic Editing Makes Its Mark
7/13 Nature

Epigenetic Editing Makes Its Mark

BME Professor Charlie Gersbach is one of several researchers worldwide interviewed for an article on using CRISPR to influence gene expression by editing the epigenome with the goal of treating disease.

Fluorescence image of a whole-mounted retina with five lobes radiating from the optic nerve head. Blood vessels are labeled in red, creating an extensive branching vascular network, while scattered green fluorescent cells are concentrated near the center with a few peripheral signals.
Lab-Grown Retinal Cells Show Promise for New Eye Therapies
6/30 Pratt School of Engineering

Lab-Grown Retinal Cells Show Promise for New Eye Therapies

Critical cells that line retinal blood vessels grown from stem cells restore retinal function in mouse models and form retinal tissue in a lab for future disease studies.

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Extreme Cells Hold Key to Pregnancy and Cancer
6/5 Ivanhoe

Extreme Cells Hold Key to Pregnancy and Cancer

Amy Gladfelter describes her work studying "extreme cells" that break many of the rules of biology and may hold clues to pregnancy complications, certain diseases, and even cancer.