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The scientific process
Could you repeat that?
Published Nov 7, 2017
As retractions of published papers grow worldwide, a new effort at Johns Hopkins aims to improve standards and protocols to make science reproducible
Cell biology
A scientific first: Artificial hydrogels formed in living cells
Published Nov 6, 2017
Formation of these difficult-to-study cell structures could advance the understanding of how they contribute to diseases such as ALS
Ovarian cancer originates in fallopian tubes
Published Oct 23, 2017
Researcher says treatment for deadly disease may have stalled in part because scientists 'have been studying the wrong tissue of origin' / Hopkins Medicine
Mark E. Anderson, Tina L. Cheng, Rachel Green, Felicia Hill-Briggs, Martin Pomper, Robert F. Siliciano, and Suzanne L. Topalian
Faculty honors
Seven join National Academy of Medicine
Published Oct 16, 2017
New members selected for contributions to advancing the medical sciences, health care, and public health
BME 2.0
Engineering the future of medicine
Published Oct 12, 2017 Video
JHU's Michael Miller details vision for new era of biomedical engineering
Young child colors on sidewalk with chalk
Understanding childhood resilience
Published Oct 11, 2017
In study of Hispanic children, researchers find those in immigrant families experience less trauma than U.S.-native born counterparts / Hopkins Medicine
AssistENT team included (clockwise from back row, left): Harrison Nguyen, Clayton Andrews, Pooja Nair, and Talia Kirschbaum
Undergraduate research
Obstruction reduction
Published Sept 27, 2017
Hopkins student team reaches finals of Collegiate Inventors Competition with device that helps open obstructed nostrils and curb snoring
Mental Health
Genetically altered mice display traits of bipolar disorder
Published Sept 26, 2017 Video
Study may improve understanding of how genes linked to bipolar risk change neural circuits in the brain / Hopkins Medicine
Health risks of sleep apnea
Published Sept 5, 2017
Study finds increases in blood sugar, fat levels, stress hormones, blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea / Johns Hopkins Medicine
Computer-generated illustration depicts lightning in the brain
Scratch, scratch, ow!
Published Fall 2017
A team of Hopkins postdocs have found that some neurons carry signals for both itch and pain / Johns Hopkins Magazine