Scholars@Duke
Nenad Bursac

Nenad Bursac

Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Duke Box 90281, Durham, NC 27708-0281
ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5688-6061
CIEMAS 1141, Durham, NC 27708

News Items

Published September 22, 2026
New National Effort to Better Understand the Human Genome
Published March 2, 2026
Duke Research Vies for a Deep Tournament Run
Published December 1, 2025
How to Heal a Broken Heart
Published March 1, 2024
Using Skin Cancer Genes to Heal Hearts
Published December 14, 2022
Gene Therapy for Heart Attacks in Mice Just Got More Precise
Published February 11, 2022
Mending a Broken Heart
Published February 3, 2022
Pratt School of Engineering
Tweaked Genes Borrowed From Bacteria Excite Heart Cells in Live Mice
Published January 25, 2021
Exercising Muscle Combats Chronic Inflammation On Its Own
Published August 6, 2018
Building a Better Brain
Published June 27, 2018
Inner Workings: The race to patch the human heart
Published March 24, 2015
NBC News
Nerd Watch video: Duke researchers work to grow custom muscles
Published May 23, 2014
UNC-TV’s "North Carolina Now"
Self-healing muscles
Published April 8, 2014
The Wall Street Journal
Scientists progress in quest to grow muscle tissue
Published April 2, 2014
The Independent
Scientists create the first lab-grown muscle that's 'as strong as the real thing’
Published April 1, 2014
BBC News
Self-healing muscle grown in the lab
Published April 1, 2014
NBC News
Scientists grow muscles in the lab that can heal themselves