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New Kaganov Grant Awardees Announced

January 21, 2020

The Kaganov Steering Committee and MEDx are pleased to announce the grant winners for the Kaganov Research Initiative in Pulmonary Medicine and Engineering.

A Crystal Ball for the Decade Ahead

January 16, 2020

Director Geoff Ginsburg and MEDx Investigator Shyni Varghese offered their ideas for the world of 2030.

A whimsical retro postcard from the future.

External Funding Opportunity: NC Biotech Translational Research Grant

January 14, 2020

The NC Biotech Center is offering a funding opportunity that may be of interest to members of the Duke community surrounding commercial development of university-held life science inventions.

Call for Applications: Medical Device Development

December 16, 2019

MEDx, in conjunction with FastTrack, is offering a funding opportunity for the development and translation of medical device ideas.

Bone Bandage Soaks Up Pro-Healing Biochemical To Accelerate Repair

December 16, 2019

Researchers at Duke University, including MEDx Investigator Shyni Varghese, have engineered a bandage that captures and holds a pro-healing molecule at the site of a bone break to accelerate and improve the natural healing process.

$This graphic shows the healing progress of a fracture in a mouse treated with a new type of bone bandage that traps native adenosine (top), is preloaded with external adenosine (middle), and has no adenosine at all. The sequestered adenosine clearly helps the breaks heal faster to the naked eye up to 14 days, with cross sections of the bones showing more density and vascularization after 21 days.$