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Using Epigenetic “Fingerprints” to Identify Coronavirus Infections
10/7/20 Duke BME Magazine

Using Epigenetic “Fingerprints” to Identify Coronavirus Infections

In a DARPA-funded project, Duke BME’s Xiling Shen and collaborators across the U.S. are designing a diagnostic test that aims to identify coronavirus carriers early and predict the symptom severity

Cassio Fontes demonstrates the D4 assay
Developing Diagnostics to Catch COVID-19
10/7/20 Duke BME Magazine

Developing Diagnostics to Catch COVID-19

Supported by a RAPID Response NSF research grant, the Chilkoti lab aims to make a faster, more efficient test to detect the novel coronavirus

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Exploring COVID-19’s Impact on the Kidney
10/7/20 Duke BME Magazine

Exploring COVID-19’s Impact on the Kidney

By guiding stem cells to model kidney cells, Duke BME’s Samira Musah is studying how the novel coronavirus can damage the important organs

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Safe Hygiene for Everyone, Period
10/1/20 Podcast

Safe Hygiene for Everyone, Period

Women and girls* are disproportionately affected when access to safely managed sanitation is lacking. Duke ECE engineer Sonia Grego wants to change that.

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Duke ECE Alumni Q&A: Wanxin (Michelle) Yuan
9/29/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke ECE Alumni Q&A: Wanxin (Michelle) Yuan

Wanxin (Michelle) Yuan earned a Master of Science (MS) degree with a concentration in Data Analytics & Machine Learning from Duke in 2018. She is now a software engineer at Google.