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Introducing Dr. Rebecca Gibson, PhD!! Dr. Gibson successfully defended her thesis, “Liver directed AAV gene therapy for glycogen storage disease type 1X y2” under the mentorship of Dr. Priya Kishnani. We are so proud!! @RGibson2164 @DukeMedSchool

To our incredible Duke MSTP 2021 Graduates, congratulations! 🎉 You inspire us, you amaze us, and even in one of the craziest times to become #doubledoctors, your resilience represents the very best of Duke MSTP. We can’t wait to see what you’ll do next. 💙

Congratulations to our newest Dr. — Dr. Jamie Courtland on defending her fascinating thesis work today on uncovering the role of the WASH complex in neurological disorders!! 🧠 🧽 We’re so incredibly proud of you!

How do cells *know* what's happening around them? It turns out, kind of like those outdoor thermometers that tell smart A/C systems when to crank up the heat, cells have their own smart sensors—GPCRs, a superfamily of receptors that pass along info from the outside into cells.

Seen the headline "CANCER CURED" a few too many times to believe it? Yep, you're not alone. Bummer is, those cures in mice usually don't work in people 🐭🙅 Turns out, that's in part because sticking human tumors into mice trigger immune responses that only model *some* patients.