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Neurology

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Brain science

A cure for coma?

Published July 25, 2022

Researchers at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere aim for better diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes for a condition that still mystifies

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Essay

A father's wish, a bioethicist's dilemma

Published July 25, 2022

A JHU faculty member recounts the agonizing decision he had to make for a parent unable to communicate with the world

Health

Johns Hopkins researchers identify potential window for treating ALS

Published April 8, 2022

A cell type called astrocytes may contribute to motor neuron death during ALS progression, offering a treatment target for the degenerative disease

Three from Hopkins named to National Academy of Inventors

Published Dec 20, 2021

Cardiologist Ronald Berger, neurologist Ted Dawson, and biomedical engineer Jordan Green are among 164 selected to join the academy this year

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Wearable motion sensors help predict outcomes for patients with severe brain injury

Published Dec 17, 2021

These devices record motor signals found to be correlated with levels of patient consciousness and purposeful movement and can help doctors predict patient outcomes

In study, transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs

Published Oct 2, 2019

By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers potentially open the door for stem cell transplants to repair the brain

Infectious disease

Schizophrenia linked with abnormal immune response to mono

Published Jan 9, 2019

Researchers say schizophrenia might alter the immune system to make patients susceptible to the virus, or the virus might cause the psychological disorder