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MRI images of brains
Biomedical engineering
New tools map seizures in the brain, improve epilepsy treatment
Published Nov 29, 2022
Two new models could solve a problem that's long frustrated millions of people with epilepsy and the doctors who treat them: how to find precisely where seizures originate to treat exactly that part of the brain.
An illustration of DNA
Cancer research
Novel AI blood test detects liver cancer
Published Nov 21, 2022
The test, developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, aids in early detection of liver cancer—one of the leading causes of cancer deaths
Artist's rendering of tumor cells
Cancer research
Machine learning can help predict patient response to cancer immunotherapy
Published Nov 17, 2022
Algorithm gives insights into the biology behind an effective immune response
Chi Van Dang
Faculty spotlight
Celebrated cancer researcher Chi Van Dang returns to Johns Hopkins
Published Nov 14, 2022
The alumnus and former faculty member of the School of Medicine has been named the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of cancer medicine
The northeast perspective rendering of the building named in honor of Henrietta Lacks.
Construction
Initial design unveiled for building named in honor of Henrietta Lacks
Published Nov 13, 2022
The building will support the Berman Institute of Bioethics, the School of Medicine, and additional departments, as well as collaborative space for education, research, and meetings
Three people stand in front of the Esperanza Center entrance
Community health
Hopkins-based partnership helps refugees find safety in Maryland
Published Nov 7, 2022
The Johns Hopkins, Esperanza and Loyola Refugee Health and Asylum Collaborative provides refugees with trauma-informed care and helps prepare affidavits to include in asylum applications
T-cells attack invading cells
To a T-cell: Researchers link immune-cell activity to psychiatric symptoms in women with HIV
Published Nov 4, 2022
Study finds that activation of CD4+ T-cells correlates to better memory and attention, while exhausted or aging CD4+ T-cells correlate to psychiatric symptoms
Coronavirus cell
Voices
Commentary: It's time to stop creating 'superbugs' in the lab
Published Nov 1, 2022
Johns Hopkins computational biologist Steven Salzberg says Boston University study that created a new form of the omicron coronavirus variant should never have happened
A toddler receives treatment in the hospital for RSV, wearing a mask to help them breathe.
Q+A
Expert warns of a 'tripledemic'
Published Oct 31, 2022
Now is the time to get your flu shots and bivalent boosters as hospitals and healthcare systems reach capacity with surging cases of flu, RSV, and COVID-19, says Brian Garibaldi of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Biocontainment Unit
MRI image of a brain's gray matter
Lyme disease
Neuroimaging study reveals brain abnormalities in people with post-treatment Lyme disease
Published Oct 27, 2022
Study shows long-haul and chronic symptoms of Lyme such as cognitive difficulties could be caused by functional and structural changes in the brain's gray matter