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Research Saves Lives

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Researchers harness body's natural defenses

Published Feb 19, 2025

Federal funding enables biomedical engineer Jamie Spangler and her team to develop innovative treatments for autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other complex diseases

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Research revolutionizes treatment of age-related hearing loss

Published Feb 18, 2025

After NIH-funded studies linked untreated hearing loss to health issues such as dementia, Hopkins professor Frank Lin spearheaded policy changes making hearing aids easier and cheaper to acquire

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NIH funding is a matter of life or death

Published Feb 17, 2025

Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Paul Nestadt says cutting NIH funding for suicide prevention research is 'not just a fiscal decision—it's a threat to human lives'

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Researchers address community health concerns

Published Feb 14, 2025

With NIH support, JHU researchers work with communities to determine how pollutants and other environmental factors affect human biology and may lead to disease

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Large-scale autism study made possible by NIH support

Published Feb 13, 2025

With funding from the NIH earmarked by the Autism CARES Act, researchers aim to pinpoint the environmental factors that increase a child's likelihood for developing autism