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This story highlights research at Duke testing the safety of injecting placental stem cells in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Manesh Patel, M.D., assistant professor of cardiology, said, “The placental…
This video highlights Laura Margeret Burbach's experience at Duke, where she received a lung and bone marrow transplant from the same donor.
A single mom from North Carolina recently received an extremely rare triple transplant. She received a new heart, lungs and a liver and is enjoying her new lease on life.
A homework assignment for a nurse's son turned into a special project that is helping put kids at ease before undergoing surgery. Jennifer Massengill, nurse manager at the Ambulatory Surgery…
Barbara Willis, RN, BSN, CCRN, CMTE, clinical operations director for Life Flight, and Marsha Porter, RN, BA, clinical operations director for the Duke North operating rooms, were honored recently with…
Camp Kaleidoscope has long been a tradition for some young patients of Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center.
North Carolina’s first hospital-based helicopter service, Duke Life Flight has been transporting critically ill or injured adults, children and neonatal patients since 1985. The team provides critical care transport throughout…
By Ilana Yurkiewicz When the handler pulled the first snake out of its bag, there was a chorus of gasps and murmurs from the Camp Kaleidoscope kids sitting around her.…
Reporter Bonnie Rochman with TIME visited researchers at Duke University, who have put together a cord blood collection kit that's being sent to expectant mothers who want to donate their…
By Eric Ferreri To donate the stem cell-rich umbilical cord blood produced during the birth of her daughter, Jaime Feaster of Lake Charles, La., would have had to drive more…