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Scanning electron micrograph showing HIV attacking a human T cell.
Medicine
Patient sees dramatic drop in HIV-infected immune cells after cancer treatment
Published Dec 18, 2025
Findings from a federally funded study may be an early step toward a potential HIV cure
Ultrasound of breast after mammography for diagnosis Breast cancer in women isolated on black background
Biomedical engineering
New tech reduces false positives from breast ultrasounds
Published Dec 17, 2025
Advance could spare patients unnecessary follow-up exams and procedures
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Research in action
A 'lifeline' for Baby Levi
Published Dec 3, 2025 Video
Faced with a devastating prenatal diagnosis, the Smith family enrolled in a federally funded clinical trial at Johns Hopkins that saved their baby's life
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Hopkins in the news
Commentary: mRNA technology has cancer in its sights
Published Nov 11, 2025
'With continued investment in mRNA research, Donald Trump could turn the stalemate against cancer into a decisive breakthrough,' writes Johns Hopkins expert Jeff Coller in a 'Wall Street Journal' op-ed
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Research in action
Funding a world of good
Published Fall 2025 Video
For more than half a century, Johns Hopkins has been a leader in converting federal support into tangible benefits for the American people / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Q+A
Cancer treatment timing could improve outcomes
Published Oct 6, 2025
Cancer researcher Chi Van Dang studies pharmacokinetics—the way the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes a drug at different times of day. His work on treatment timing holds promise for improving patient outcomes.
Frank Squibb uses his walker to make his way down one of the center's hallwaysFrank Squibb uses his walker to make his way down one of the center's hallways
Research in action
'Big-world data, small-town values'
Published Sept 30, 2025
Community bonds and NIH funding have helped scientists at a Johns Hopkins research field center in Hagerstown, Maryland, collect some of the world's best population-based data on cardiovascular disease risk
From left, Myra Norton, senior director of FastForward, with Carey Business School Dean Alex Triantis and Jordan Green, vice chair for research and translation in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Research in action
Hopkins researchers pitch future of science and tech at Innovation Summit
Published Sept 25, 2025
Fueled by federal funding, JHU researchers and scientists seek investors to back their ideas to bring discoveries to the market
Empty urine test containers with yellow caps
Cancer research
New urine-based test to ID prostate cancers
Published Sept 12, 2025
This novel approach could significantly reduce the need for invasive, often painful biopsies
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Research in action
Flu fighters
Published Sept 10, 2025
Experts at Johns Hopkins and across the country work together to better understand the behavior and characteristics of respiratory viruses, how our immune system responds to them, and how we can prevent serious illness