Vaccines that protect against infectious diseases like the flu or pneumonia are commonly made from a weakened form of the virus. It is injected into the body and causes an immune response that helps ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke Cancer Center took on a festive atmosphere Wednesday, as it held its annual Survivorship Day celebration, the first time it's been held in person since the pandemic. "The energy ...

From breast cancer to rare pediatric diseases, federally funded Duke research has helped Duke staff and faculty and their families For a stretch of nearly two years beginning in late 1984, Kent ...

When Duke Health nurse Kimberly Ross learned her father tested positive for genetic mutations tied to higher breast cancer risk, she immediately formed a plan. The first step was to get tested herself ...

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Medicine will soon open the $230 million Duke Cancer Center, according to a Chronicle report. The 267,000-square-foot center, part of Duke’s approximately $700 million ...

Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.). Duke University Hospital’s Duke Cancer Institute was established in 1973 as one of the original National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rogue protein just yanked the plug on cancer’s energy grid. And researchers at the Duke University School of Medicine just ...

Cancer is a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. It is "a random process that can happen to any of us," says Dr. Nicholas DeVito, an oncologist at Duke ...