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School of Medicine
Bioinformatics
Targeting mutant genes
Published Dec 19, 2016
Computer scientists, cancer experts devise software to evaluate cancer screening strategies
Gum disease may drive rheumatoid arthritis
Published Dec 16, 2016
Johns Hopkins researchers zero in on a bacterium common to both gum disease and RA / Hopkins Medicine
Drone with blue cooler attached underneath
Emergency medicine
Blood drops
Published Dec 7, 2016
Blood products unaffected during drone transport, Johns Hopkins study shows
Lisa Cooper
Health equity
Cooper named 25th BDP
Published Dec 7, 2016
Health equity researcher plans to establish new institute, deepen ties with at-risk communities
A cluster of blue dots indicates brain cells, with a very small cluster of orange dots, with arrows pointing to them, indicating infected cells.
HIV/AIDS
Dangers of 'shock and kill'
Published Dec 6, 2016
HIV treatment strategy of awakening dormant virus could cause harmful brain inflammation / Hopkins Medicine
Nutrition
Fad or staple?
Published Winter 2016
The moringa tree has been hailed as the latest and greatest superfood, but that may not be its true value / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Neurology
Lost words
Published Winter 2016
From rehabilitation to research, Argye Hillis helps patients recover lost language / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Engineering
Pedal play
Published Winter 2016 Video
After losing his hands to meningitis, student Gyorgy Levay devises a way to play video games—with his feet / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Medicine
Treating those ICU blues
Published Winter 2016
Johns Hopkins researchers found that a third of patients experience symptoms of depression after a stay in the ICU. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Nonfiction
It can get better
Published Winter 2016
/ Johns Hopkins Magazine