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Duke Health Signs Pledge for Ethical, Responsible AI in Health Care

Duke Health is among a leading group of health systems and payers from across the U.S. to sign a pledge advancing ethical and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence technology in health care.
14-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Duke Health Forges 5-year Partnership with Microsoft to Reshape Health Care

Duke Health is embarking on a five-year, innovative partnership with Microsoft aimed at responsibly and ethically harnessing the potential of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology to redefine the health care landscape.
1-Aug-2023 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Duke Clinical Research Institute launches long COVID trials through NIH RECOVER Long COVID Initiative

Today, the National Institutes of Health launched and is opening enrollment for phase 2 clinical trials that will evaluate at least four potential treatments for long COVID, with additional clinical trials to test at least seven more treatments...
31-Jul-2023 12:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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New Heart Transplant Method May Grow Donor Pool 30%

A study led by Duke Health physicians, appearing online June 8 in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that DCD hearts were equivalent to hearts procured through the current standard of care.
2-Jun-2023 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Black Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer May Benefit From Drug Combination

A drug combination that shows little overall survival benefit in white men with advanced prostate cancer has a far greater effect in Black men with the disease, according to interim results from a study led by the Duke Cancer Institute.
1-Jun-2023 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Family History, Gene Variants Put Black Men at Risk for Early Prostate Cancer

A family history of cancer and genetic variants that might be inherited appear to be important risk factors for Black men diagnosed with early-onset prostate cancer, a study involving Duke Health researchers has found.
28-Nov-2022 3:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Biomarker Predicts Resistance to Immunotherapies in Melanoma

Duke Cancer Institute researchers have identified potential biomarkers that predict the likelihood for checkpoint inhibitor drugs to backfire, driving hyper-progression of melanoma cells instead of unleashing the immune system to fight them.
22-Nov-2022 11:55 AM EST Add to Favorites

Newly Developed Gene Classifier Identifies Risk of Breast Pre-Cancer Progression

A team of researchers mapping a molecular atlas for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has made a major advance toward distinguishing whether the early pre-cancers in the breast will develop into invasive cancers or remain stable.
18-Nov-2022 11:00 AM EST Add to Favorites


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