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Cancer
Cancer research
A landmark year for immunotherapy
Published Dec 28, 2016 Video
Bloomberg–Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy director recaps five major research findings from 2016
Cancer research
How immunotherapy works
Published Dec 20, 2016
Treatment is like releasing the immune system's 'parking brake,' JHU oncologist Drew Pardoll says / The Washington Post
Bioinformatics
Targeting mutant genes
Published Dec 19, 2016
Computer scientists, cancer experts devise software to evaluate cancer screening strategies
Hallucinogen eases depression, anxiety in cancer patients
Published Dec 1, 2016
In small study, psilocybin, the active compound in 'magic mushrooms,' increased life satisfaction among patients with life-threatening cancer / Johns Hopkins Medicine
Cancer research
A personalized approach for immunotherapy
Published Nov 10, 2016
Collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb includes several clinical trials led by scientists at Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute
Cancer research
Center aims to shed light on how cancer spreads
Published Oct 10, 2016
Hopkins-led center, established with $9M National Cancer Institute grant, will try to unravel the biomechanics of metastasis
Cancer research
A chemotherapy alternative
Published Oct 5, 2016
Immunotherapy deploys the body's natural ability to fight cancer, could reduce toxic chemo treatments for children / Promise & Progress
Gregg Semenza
Faculty honors
Geneticist wins Lasker Award
Published Sept 13, 2016
Gregg Semenza recognized with one of the most prestigious awards in science for his discovery of how cells sense oxygen
Bioengineering
Cancer's first steps
Published Aug 2, 2016
Early stage sarcoma cells motivated to move in search of oxygen, study suggests
Flower power?
Magnolia tested as breast cancer treatment
Published July 6, 2016
A compound made from the tree's cones shows promise against tumors spurred by the leptin hormone