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Neurology
Hopkins researchers pave way for potential first diagnostic test for ALS
Published Aug 29, 2025
The blood test, with more than 98% accuracy, opens new avenues for early diagnosis, improved patient care, and potential treatment of the neurodegenerative disease
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Research in action
Alzheimer's blood test could be a 'game-changer'
Published Aug 5, 2025 Video
The test, developed in part by Johns Hopkins researchers, will dramatically increase access to early detection and treatment
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Research in action
Pipeline of experts advances discovery in neurofibromatosis
Published July 15, 2025
JHU's Neurofibromatosis Therapeutic Acceleration Program celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Francis S. Collins Scholars Program, an initiative that has led to research and treatment breakthroughs for the genetic condition neurofibromatosis type 1
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Neuroscience
Sweat science: A patch to detect TBI
Published Summer 2025 Video
In a basement laboratory in the School of Nursing, Jessica Gill leads a team at the frontier of TBI research / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Cardiology+Neurology
Heart attacks associated with faster cognitive decline over years
Published May 31, 2023
A new Johns Hopkins Medicine study finds that participants' decline in global cognition after a heart attack was equivalent to about six to 13 years of cognitive aging
Guy McKhann
In memoriam
Guy McKhann, founder of Department of Neurology, dies at 91
Published April 24, 2023
A mentor to generations of neurologists, McKhann led the teams that discovered now common therapies for Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, and other conditions
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Hopkins, Howard partner to develop tech for neuro disorders
Published Sept 27, 2022
Both universities are partnering to create solutions for neurological conditions.
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A father's wish, a bioethicist's dilemma
Published Fall 2022
A JHU faculty member recounts the agonizing decision he had to make for a parent unable to communicate with the world / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Johns Hopkins researchers search for a cure for coma
Published Fall 2022
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere aim for better diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes for a condition that still mystifies. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Neurology
Exercise hormone halts Parkinson's disease symptoms in mouse study
Published Sept 13, 2022
A new study could pave the way for the creation of a therapy used to treat Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders