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Genetic disorders
Heart failure reversed in Marfan mice
Published Nov 16, 2017
Study: Increasing stress on Marfan hearts—even at levels well-tolerated in other hearts—can initiate heart failure
A young woman learns to use a cell phone app connected to a manikin doll
Biomedical engineering
Funding NeMo
Published Nov 15, 2017
Hopkins researchers win $100K grant from Gates Foundation for their lifesaving baby monitoring device
Grandmothers in Guatemala learn correct hand-washing techniques
Family health
To make a change, ask an abuela
Published Nov 14, 2017
In rural parts of Guatemala, a Johns Hopkins program teaches essential household skills to the people who traditionally lead the family: the grandmother
Donald Coffey
In memoriam
Johns Hopkins cancer pioneer Donald Coffey dies at 85
Published Nov 12, 2017
He spent more than 50 years at Hopkins, helped found Kimmel Cancer Center
Childhood development
Products of their environments
Published Nov 9, 2017
A neighborhood's quality has a lasting effect on a child's behavior, Bloomberg School researchers find
Experts gain insights on eczema
Published Nov 8, 2017
Common, toxin-producing bacteria induces protein activity in some individuals, prompting inflammation / Hopkins Medicine
Illustration shows a pyramid of scientists dropping fluid into a beaker; the scientist at the top of the pyramid is dropping something red in
The scientific process
Could you repeat that?
Published Nov 7, 2017
As retractions of published papers grow worldwide, a new effort at Johns Hopkins aims to improve standards and protocols to make science reproducible
A young boy sits over an open sewer in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. The sewer is filled with trash and debris. The ground is packed dirt.
Global warming's disproportionate impact
Published Nov 6, 2017
Effects of climate change likely to be more deadly in poor, urban African settlements
Cell biology
A scientific first: Artificial hydrogels formed in living cells
Published Nov 6, 2017
Formation of these difficult-to-study cell structures could advance the understanding of how they contribute to diseases such as ALS
A saline drip is in the foreground while a patient in a bed is out of focus in the background
Many breast cancer patients forgo post-surgery treatment
Published Nov 2, 2017
Patients who distrust health care system are more likely to go against doctor's post-surgery advice, study finds / School of Public Health