Poor Neighborhoods Linked to Elevated Dementia Risk and Faster Brain Aging

In 2018, Hannah Salomons began a research journey that would span five years, several cities and more than 100 puppies training to be service animals.A project that began in her first year as a Ph.D. student evolved into one of the most detailed longit...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and the world, and damage to the heart is hard to repair – often requiring surgery. But what if other treatments like gene therapy could offer new, less invasive approaches to heart care? That’s w...

This year’s Invented at Duke event earlier this month brought nine inventor teams under one roof, each showcasing early-stage technologies that blend scientific expertise with practical problem solving to make the world – and the people in it – healthi...