Archived articles

Genetics
'Aha' moment
Marfan syndrome breakthrough
Published Dec 5, 2013
Johns Hopkins doctor makes key discovery on cause of rare genetic connective tissue disorder / New York Times
Risk investment
Innovative ideas rewarded
Published Oct 2, 2013
Two Johns Hopkins scientists receive prestigious NIH biomedical research grants
Young innovator honored
Published Sept 25, 2013
Duojia 'DJ' Pan wins cancer research prize for study of genes that regulate organ growth / Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Lacks family reaches deal on use of genetic material
Published Aug 8, 2013
Cells collected from Johns Hopkins patient in 1951 paved way for medical advances including polio vaccine, chemotherapy, in vitro fertilization
Genetic glitch
The root of allergies
Published July 24, 2013
Researchers attribute array of allergies, other conditions to faulty genetic pathway / Hopkins Medicine
Does not compute
Drowning in data
Published July 15, 2013
Solving DNA puzzles is overwhelming computer systems, researchers warn
Supreme Court: Human genes cannot be patented
Published June 13, 2013
School of Medicine professor Haig Kazazian was among first plaintiffs in case against Myriad Genetics
A lot of loblolly
Published Summer 2013
Researchers are working on the most complicated genome sequencing yet attempted: that of the loblolly pine tree / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Makeup of mental illness
Published May 28, 2013
Family studies suggest rare genetic mutations combine to cause schizophrenia / Hopkins Medicine
Online database to speed genetic discoveries
Published April 2013
Database allows any clinician to document cases of unusual genetic diseases for analysis by researchers at Johns Hopkins, elsewhere / Gazette