Day: January 24, 2011
Clinical trials cited for ignoring previous relevant research
January 24, 2011
The vast majority of already published and relevant clinical trials of a given drug, device or procedure are routinely ignored by scientists conducting new research on the same topic, a new Johns Hopkins study suggests. The authors of the findings, reported in the Jan. 4 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, argue that these omissions […]
APL ‘weatherman’ mines data for use by Lab and others
January 24, 2011
Rich Giannola’s weather interest is more than a backyard hobby. An atmospheric scientist in the Global Engagement Department at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, he not only operates a manual weather station at home but has also maintained APL’s automated weather station and related website since both were established in 1996. The APL station, […]
Youth exposure to alcohol TV ads growing fast, mostly on cable
January 24, 2011
Youth exposure to alcohol advertising on U.S. television increased 71 percent between 2001 and 2009, according to a report released in December by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Despite efforts by alcohol companies to strengthen their self-regulatory standards, the average number of ads seen […]
Nonprofits and the information revolution
January 24, 2011
Nonprofit organizations across the United States report considerable progress in keeping their organizations on the cutting edge of technological change, but many remain disappointed with their current level of information technology, according to a recent survey conducted by the Johns Hopkins Nonprofit Listening Post Project. The overwhelming majority of nonprofits (88 percent) report that information […]
Brain Science Institute inks deal to develop novel therapeutics
January 24, 2011
The Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute has entered into an agreement with Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. to advance the development of novel therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric diseases. Under terms of the agreement, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals will support translational research at the Brain Science Institute, and OMJPI scientists and BSi researchers will collaborate to identify new therapeutic […]
Discovery: There’s a new ‘officer’ in the infection-control army
January 24, 2011
Johns Hopkins scientists have identified a previously unrecognized step in the activation of infection-fighting white blood cells, the main immunity troops in the body’s war on bacteria, viruses and foreign proteins. “It’s as if we knew many of the generals, colonels and majors, and now we have discovered a new officer that helps the troops […]
Genome code cracked for most common pediatric brain cancer
January 24, 2011
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have deciphered the genetic code for medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric brain cancer and a leading killer of children with cancer. The genetic “map” is believed to be the first reported of a pediatric cancer genome and was published online in the Dec. 16 issue of Science […]
Notices — January 24, 2011
January 24, 2011
Becoming a Baltimore Albert Schweitzer Fellow — An information session for graduate students from the schools of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing interested in learning about the Baltimore Schweitzer Fellows Program will be held at noon on Thursday, Jan. 27, in room W2030, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Schweitzer Fellows will design and implement an […]
Calendar — January 24, 2011
January 24, 2011
COLLOQUIA Fri., Jan. 28, 2 p.m. “U.S.S. Cyclops—Lost Without a Trace,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with author Marvin Barrash. Kossiakoff Center Auditorium. APL DISCUSSION/TALKS Mon., Jan. 24, 12:30 p.m. “Haiti Today, Haiti Tomorrow,” a SAIS International Law and Organizations Program panel discussion with Paulo Lyra, Pan American Health Organization; Tamara Kreinin, United Nations Foundation; […]
Classifieds — January 24, 2011
January 24, 2011
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