DUKE RESEARCHERS FIND GENETIC LINK BETWEEN IMMUNE AND NERVE SYSTEMS Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered genetic links between the nervous system and the immune system in a well-studied worm, and the findings could illuminate new approaches to human therapies. More...

EVOLUTION OF THE SEXES: WHAT A FUNGUS CAN TELL US Fungi don't exactly come in boy and girl varieties, but they do have sex differences. In fact, a new finding from Duke University Medical Center shows that some of the earliest evolved forms of fungus contain clues to how the sexes evolved in higher animals, including that distant cousin of fungus, the human. More...