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Medicine
Cancers can be detected in bloodstream three years prior to diagnosis
Published June 4, 2025
Detection of cancer before a clinical diagnosis could give patients and caregivers more time for intervention and may lead to better outcomes because tumors are more likely to be curable
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Cancer research
Immunotherapy plus chemotherapy boosts lung cancer survival rate
Published June 3, 2025
Study examines treatment options for those with operable non-small cell lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide
Skin-related fibroblasts with nuclei stained green and f-actin stained red.
Biomedical engineering
Are 'zombie' skin cells harmful or helpful?
Published April 25, 2025
Hopkins researchers identified three types of zombie skin cells; only one gets worse with age
Denis Wirtz in his lab
Research matters
Deadly cancer behaviors deciphered
Published April 22, 2025
Engineer Denis Wirtz and colleagues are using artificial intelligence and multiscale imaging to reveal how tumors grow, spread, and vary across populations
A professional photo of Eugene Shenderov wearing a doctor's coat, stethoscope, and bow tie.
Research Matters
Artificial intelligence speeds cancer diagnoses
Published April 7, 2025
For some leukemia patients, each hour of delayed care can be the difference between life and death. JHU's Eugene Shenderov is developing an AI algorithm to help doctors reach faster diagnoses.
A glass of wine and a pint of beer sit on a wooden bar
Q+A
How risky is that pint?
Published Jan 28, 2025 Video
A call for cancer warnings on labels for beer, wine, and spirits is a lesson in risk management, says Hopkins cancer expert Otis Brawley
Yuan He
Cell biology
Structural biology expert Yuan He named BDP
Published Jan 2, 2025
He explores how flaws in the transcription and DNA repair pathways contribute to cancer predisposition, accelerated aging
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Cancer research
JHU gets more than $20M to develop advanced surgical techniques for cancer
Published Aug 22, 2024
Funding is part of $150M awarded by ARPA-H in support of the Cancer Moonshot initiative to fast-track discovery in cancer research
Benjamin Biggs
Student Scholar
Biomedical engineering doctoral student named Quad Fellow
Published Aug 16, 2024
Benjamin Biggs among recipients of highly competitive award for exceptional master's and doctoral students to study STEM in the U.S.
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Cancer research
New brain cancer therapy relies on Hopkins discovery
Published Aug 7, 2024
FDA-approved drug targets a mutated gene identified in 2008 by Hopkins cancer expert Bert Vogelstein and his team in collaboration with Duke researchers