What’s in Your Wheat? Johns Hopkins Scientists Piece Together Genome of Most...
Johns Hopkins scientists report they have successfully used two separate gene technologies to assemble the most complete genome sequence to date of Triticum aestivum, the most common cultivated species...
View ArticleBlueprint to Reduce Wasteful Blood Transfusions
By analyzing data from randomized clinical trials comparing blood transfusion approaches, Johns Hopkins experts, along with colleagues at Cleveland Clinic and NYU Langone Medical Center, endorse...
View ArticleCombination Low-Salt and Heart-Healthy “Dash” Diet as Effective as Drugs for...
A study of more than 400 adults with prehypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low-salt diet with the heart-healthy DASH diet substantially lowers systolic blood pressure...
View Article'Negative Emotions' Linked to Higher Rates of Opioid Use in Sickle Cell Disease
In a small study using data from daily electronic patient diaries, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found a link between negative emotions, such as sadness and anxiety, and higher opioid use in...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day: New Research and Experts Available from Johns Hopkins Medicine
World AIDS Day: New Research and Experts Available from Johns Hopkins Medicine
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Johns Hopkins Commemorates World AIDS Day
To commemorate World AIDS Day this year, the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research, which is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is hosting the World AIDS Day Symposium....
View Article2-Drug Combination May Boost Immunotherapy Responses in Lung Cancer Patients
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers and colleagues have identified a novel drug combination therapy that could prime nonsmall cell lung cancers to respond better to immunotherapy. These...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins Scientists Propose Efficiency ‘Rules’ for Enhancing Use of New...
Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a streamlined method and accompanying efficiency “rules” for introducing new DNA sequences into cells after using the gene-cutting tool known as CRISPR. The...
View ArticleStudy Suggests That Where Guidelines Disagree, Physicians’ Experiences With...
Results of a national survey of more than 800 physicians suggest that their experiences with patients, family members and friends with breast cancer are linked with their recommendations for routine...
View ArticleCombination Strategy Could Hold Promise for Ovarian Cancer
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers demonstrated that mice with ovarian cancer that received drugs to reactivate dormant genes along with other drugs that activate the immune system had a...
View ArticleEvolutionary Biologists Say Recently Discovered Fossil Shows Transition of a...
Using modern research tools on a 155-million-year-old reptile fossil, scientists at Johns Hopkins and the American Museum of Natural History report they have filled in some important clues to the...
View ArticleBioethicists Call For Caution in Use of Rare Experimental Fetal Therapy
Citing uncertainties about the risks and benefits of an experimental therapy for fetuses whose kidneys do not develop, bioethicists at Johns Hopkins and a team of medical experts are calling for...
View ArticleKevin Sowers is Named President of the Johns Hopkins Health System and...
Kevin W. Sowers, M.S.N., R.N., F.A.A.N., a distinguished clinician, educator and academic health care leader has been appointed president of the Johns Hopkins Health System and executive vice president...
View ArticleRecordings Reveal Deep Credibility Gap When Doctors And Parents Discuss...
An analysis of 16 audiotaped conversations between parents of infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and clinicians found that medical staff routinely downplay quality of life issues and...
View ArticleLiquid Biopsy Results Differed Substantially Between Two Providers
Two Johns Hopkins prostate cancer researchers found significant disparities when they submitted identical patient samples to two different commercial liquid biopsy providers. Liquid biopsy is a new and...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins Scientists Chart How Brain Signals Connect to Neurons
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have used supercomputers to create an atomic scale map that tracks how the signaling chemical glutamate binds to a neuron in the brain. The findings, say the scientists,...
View ArticleExposure to Larger Air Particles Linked to Increased Risk of Asthma in Children
Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University report statistical evidence that children exposed to airborne coarse particulate matter — a mix of dust, sand and non-exhaust tailpipe emissions, such as...
View ArticleHow Electroconvulsive Therapy Relieves Depression Per Animal Experiments
In a study using genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have uncovered some new molecular details that appear to explain how electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) rapidly relieves severe...
View ArticleMore Tumor Mutations Equals Higher Success Rate With Cancer Immunotherapy Drugs
The “mutational burden,” or the number of mutations present in a tumor’s DNA, is a good predictor of whether that cancer type will respond to a class of cancer immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint...
View ArticleStudy Shows Increased Risk of Uterine Fibroids in African-American Women With...
In a study of medical records gathered on hundreds of thousands of African-American women, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have evidence that women with a common form of hair loss have an increased...
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