Duke neuroscientist wins $4 million grant to study Parkinson’s disease

Duke University neuroscientist and biomedical engineer Warren Grill has been awarded a $4 million grant from the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award to study deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Duke Will Co-Lead NIH Research Network on Antibacterial Resistance

Investigators at Duke Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have been selected to oversee a nationwide research program on antibacterial resistance, which includes a focus on the growing unmet challenges associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and E. coli.

Duke Researchers Identify Gene Mutations Associated with Nearsightedness

Mutations in a gene that helps regulate copper and oxygen levels in eye tissue are associated with a severe form of nearsightedness, according to a Duke Medicine study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics on May 2, 2013.