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Cancer

T-cells attacking tumor cells, a process facilitated by immunotherapy

Cancer research

Pioneering method examines how immunotherapy changes tumors

Published Oct 13, 2021

The non-invasive technique using an optical probe provides early signs of how a tumor is responding to treatment

Q+A

Diversity in the fight against cancer

Published Sept 22, 2021

Age, race, sex—new National Cancer Advisory Board member Ashani Weeraratna says we need to consider diversity to find a cure

Two Hopkins scientists named to National Cancer Advisory Board

Published Sept 16, 2021

Ashi Weeraratna, Nilo Azad among seven selected to advise National Cancer Institute director on activities of the national cancer program

Cancer research

Startup founders from Johns Hopkins aim to stop spread of cancer

Published July 28, 2021

AbMeta Therapeutics, launched by biologist and Provost Denis Wirtz, bioengineer Jamie Spangler, and clinician Elizabeth Jaffee, will combine years of pioneering research to create new drugs that target metastasis

Nonfiction

The WWII-era scientist who revolutionized cancer research—despite the Nazis

Published June 4, 2021

In his new book, Ravenous, Johns Hopkins faculty member Sam Apple explains how Nobel laureate Otto Warburg's once disregarded cancer metabolism research has undergone a major resurgence

Biology

Discovery illuminates how cell growth pathway responds to signals

Published Nov 25, 2020

A new cell biology finding may lead to better techniques aimed at tissue regeneration and anti-cancer therapies

Nurse researcher Kereng "Molly" Rammipi talks to patients at a clinic

Women's Health

Self-screening for cervical cancer

Published Winter 2019

A new cervical cancer screening program, created in coordination with Jhpiego, allows women in Botswana to take control of their health. / Johns Hopkins Magazine