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Daoying (Chan monk, d. 902)
Daoying (云居道膺), also romanized Yunju Daoyin, was a Chan Buddhist monk, a Dharma heir of Dongshan Liangjie who taught for over thirty years at Mount Yunju in Jiangxi.
Daoyue
Daoyue (道岳, 568–636) was a Chinese Buddhist monk of the Sui and early Tang dynasties, born in Luoyang, who specialized in the Abhidharmakośa and taught the young Xuanzang in Chang'an.
Daozhen
Daozhen (道震) is a Chan (Zen) monk traditionally dated 1079 to 1161, though no retrieved source independently documents him; he is associated with the Song Caodong revival.
Daozun
Daozun (道遵) is a figure placed in the Nanshan branch of the Tang Vinaya school, founded by Daoxuan, but his dates, teachers, monastery, and writings are all unverified.
DAP3
DAP3 (death associated protein 3, MRPS29/mS29) is a human GTP-binding protein of the mitochondrial ribosome small subunit, essential for mitochondrial translation, embryonic development, apoptosis signaling, and linked to Perrault syndrome and cancer.
Dapa-CKD trial
DAPA-CKD (Dapagliflozin And Prevention of Adverse Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease), NCT03036150: AstraZeneca-funded phase 3 trial of dapagliflozin 10 mg vs placebo in 4304 patients with proteinuric CKD stages 2–4, with or without type 2 diabetes; 39% relative risk reduction in the primary renal-cardiovascular composite endpoint.
DAPA-HF trial
DAPA-HF (Dapagliflozin and Prevention of Adverse Outcomes in Heart Failure), NCT03036124: phase 3 trial of 4,744 patients showing dapagliflozin 10 mg daily reduced worsening heart failure or cardiovascular death (HR 0.74) in HFrEF with or without diabetes.
Dapaconazole
Dapaconazole, sold as Zilt, is an imidazole antifungal developed by Brazil's Biolab as a 2% topical cream for dermatophyte infections, reaching Phase 3 trials and performing non-inferior to ketoconazole and miconazole.
Dapagliflozin
Dapagliflozin, sold as Farxiga and Forxiga, is an SGLT2 inhibitor drug for type 2 diabetes, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease, first approved in 2014.
Dapchi schoolgirls abduction
The Dapchi schoolgirls abduction was the mass kidnapping of 110 schoolgirls from their college in Dapchi, Yobe State, Nigeria, on 19 February 2018 by Boko Haram's ISWAP faction.
Daphanie LaShaunn
Daphanie LaShaunn (Aja Smith Perera) is a Brazilian WWE referee on SmackDown and former wrestler Aja Perera, SHINE champion and first Black female WrestleMania referee.
Daphna Bassok
Daphna Bassok is an American education policy researcher at the University of Virginia who studies early childhood education policy and won a 2017 Presidential Early Career Award.
Daphne
Daphne (Δάφνη), Greek nymph loved by Apollo, transformed into a laurel tree while fleeing him; explains the laurel's sacredness to Apollo and the Pythian wreath.
Daphne & Velma
Daphne & Velma (2018) is a live-action direct-to-video Scooby-Doo spin-off, also called a Daphne and Velma origin film, directed by Suzi Yoonessi, starring Sarah Jeffery and Sarah Gilman, released May 22, 2018, rated G, 72 minutes.
Daphne Bavelier
Daphne Bavelier, born 1966 in France, is a French cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Geneva known for research showing action video games improve visual attention.
Daphne Blake
Daphne Blake (Daphne Ann Blake), "Danger-Prone Daphne," is a Mystery Inc. member of the Scooby-Doo franchise, debuting September 13, 1969; surname revealed in 1983; evolved from damsel to capable investigator; voiced longest by Grey Griffin.
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese investigative journalist and Running Commentary blogger, killed by car bomb 16 October 2017 in Bidnija; 2021 public inquiry found state responsibility; Fenech acquitted 2026.
Daphne du Maurier
Dame Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989), British gothic novelist, author of Rebecca (1938), Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's Creek, and The Birds; daughter of Gerald du Maurier and wife of Frederick Browning; adapted by Hitchcock.
Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness, The Honourable Daphne Guinness, British heiress of the Guinness brewing and Mitford families, is a fashion collector, designer, muse, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter known for her couture archive, the 2011 FIT exhibition, the Isabella Blow Foundation, and albums with Tony Visconti.
Daphne Haas-Kogan
Daphne Haas-Kogan is an American radiation oncologist who treats brain tumors and pediatric cancers and chairs radiation oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Daphne J. Osborne
Daphne J. Osborne (1925–2006) was a British plant physiologist who spent over fifty years studying ethylene and auxin, known for her 1970 Nature paper on leaf abscission and the target cell concept.
Daphne Koller
Daphne Koller (דפנה קולר) is a computer scientist in machine learning who co-founded Coursera, taught at Stanford for 18 years, and founded the drug discovery company insitro.
Daphne mezereum
Daphne mezereum (mezereon, February daphne) is a toxic, pink-flowered deciduous shrub of Thymelaeaceae native from Europe to SW Siberia and N Iran, containing mezerein and daphnetoxin.
Daphne Moon
Daphne Moon (later Daphne Crane) is the fictional Manchester-born physical therapist played by Jane Leeves on Frasier (NBC, 1993–2004), caretaker to Martin Crane and object of Niles Crane's long unrequited love, culminating in their season-10 marriage.
Daphne Odjig
Daphne Odjig (1919–2016) was a Canadian painter of Odawa, Potawatomi, and English heritage who co-founded the Indian Group of Seven and received the Order of Canada.
Daphne Oz
Daphne Nur Oz, born 1986, daughter of Dr. Mehmet Oz, is an Emmy-winning American TV host and cookbook author, formerly co-host of The Chew and The Good Dish, now a MasterChef Junior judge.
Daphne Preuss
Daphne Preuss is an American plant geneticist and entrepreneur known for defining Arabidopsis centromeres, discovering how sperm cells reach and fuse with egg cells, and founding Chromatin Inc.
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Daphne Rubin-Vega, born 1969 in Panama City, Panama, is an American stage actress and singer, original Mimi Marquez in Rent (1996 Tony and Theatre World Award), also Fantine in Les Misérables, Daniela in In the Heights (2021), and Mr. Zero in The Adding Machine.
Daphne Selfe
Daphne Selfe (1928–2026), British model and Guinness World Records holder as the oldest professional female model (95 years 158 days in 2023). Career began 1949, revived at 70 with Red or Dead and Models 1; died aged 97.
Daphne W. Bell
Daphne W. Bell is a Northern Ireland-born cancer geneticist and senior investigator at the National Human Genome Research Institute, known for defining genomic drivers of aggressive endometrial cancer.