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Cancer research
Center aims to shed light on how cancer spreads
Published Oct 10, 2016
Hopkins-led center, established with $9M National Cancer Institute grant, will try to unravel the biomechanics of metastasis
Beta City
JHU startup takes top prize
Published Sept 30, 2016 Video
Mobile health app Tissue Analytics, which tracks wound healing, wins Beta City startup pitch competition / The Baltimore Sun
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Slowing Parkinson's spread
Published Sept 29, 2016
Drug already in clinical trials for other conditions slows disease progression in mice
Undergrad research
Top inventors
Published Sept 28, 2016 Video
Undergraduate team named finalist in Collegiate Inventors Competition for device that freezes breast cancer tissue
Planetary science
How the moon was made
Published Sept 26, 2016
Stratified layer in Earth's mantle points to 'giant impact' of infant planet, research suggests
Sharon Gerecht (left) and Hai-Quan Mao
New leadership for INBT
Published Sept 23, 2016
Sharon Gerecht, Hai-Quan Mao will assume director, associate director roles, respectively
Environmental health
A prelude to Flint
Published Sept 22, 2016
Failure to learn lessons a decade earlier led to Flint water crisis, scientist Marc Edwards says
Sports medicine
Why women are more prone to ACL injuries
Published Sept 20, 2016
Researchers find new evidence of link between testosterone, strength of knee ligament
Number networks
Our brains are far more adaptable than we know
Published Sept 19, 2016
In blind people, brain's vision center plays role in solving math problems, study finds
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Observing a one-star meal
Published Sept 16, 2016
Scientists find new ways to track stars eaten by black holes, promising to help paint a clearer picture of this cosmic phenomenon