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Illustration of a woman holding up a pepper. In the background is a sea of chili peppers.
Why do chilies hurt so good?
Published Spring 2023
What happens to your body when you eat a hot chili? And why do some of us love the pain? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Common food allergies
Q+A
Stuck in the middle of the food allergy era
Published Spring 2023
More kids and adults are finding out they can't eat this or that. We ask an allergist why. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Women of different races standing together. Profile silhouettes of three female characters with varaious hairstyles.
Cancer
Microbes in breast tumors vary in women of different races
Published March 28, 2023
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center found that the breast tumors of Asian, Black, and white women have very different cellular, microbial, and genomic features and could one day lead to personalized care
Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen pictured here
Neuroaestheics
The healing powers of a brain on art
Published March 27, 2023
In new book, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross contend that making and experiencing art can help us flourish
An illustration of two people biking
Why do we all age differently?
Published March 22, 2023
Johns Hopkins researchers are part of a new program to understand and predict the differences in how we all age
An illustration of a person
Immunotherapy
Toxic trade-offs
Published March 17, 2023
While advances in immunotherapy have dramatically improved cancer survival, unleashing the immune system can lead to a host of adverse reactions. How can patients pay less of a price?
Tissue chambers loaded into a plate habitat designed for research aboard the International Space Station
Biomedical engineering
Heart tissue heads to space
Published March 15, 2023
The experiments on the International Space Station aim to inform researchers' understanding and treatment of age-related cardiac problems
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Alternative medicine
Intravenous mistletoe extract shows promise as cancer therapy
Published Feb 23, 2023
In a phase I trial meant to evaluate the drug's safety, researchers document improved quality of life and some disease control among participants
CBD oil and gummy candies
Behavioral science
Edibles with CBD may bake in a stronger high
Published Feb 16, 2023
Hopkins researchers find that CBD inhibits the breakdown of THC, which may result in stronger and longer drug effects after consuming edible cannabis products
Barbara Migeon
In Memoriam
Genetic medicine pioneer Barbara Migeon dies at 91
Published Feb 9, 2023
Migeon, the sixth woman to reach the rank of professor at the School of Medicine, remembered for dedication to education, influential research