Day: January 31, 2011
Applied Physics Lab tapped to provide solar probe instrument
January 31, 2011
Already on board to design and build NASA’s Solar Probe Plus spacecraft, APL has been tapped to provide an instrument for the sun-swooping probe that will measure key properties of the energetic particles blasted off the sun. Set to launch by 2018, Solar Probe Plus will venture into the sun’s outer atmosphere—called the corona—and gather […]
Gene protects African-Americans from coronary artery disease
January 31, 2011
A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere has discovered that a single alteration in the genetic code of about a fourth of African-Americans helps protect them from coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death in Americans of all races. Researchers found that a single DNA variation—having at least one so-called guanine nucleotide in […]
Living near busy roadways ups chances of allergic asthma
January 31, 2011
An international team of lung experts has new evidence from a study in shantytowns near Lima, Peru, that teens living immediately next to a busy roadway have increased risk of allergies and asthma. The odds can go up by 30 percent for developing allergies to dust mites, pet hairs and mold, and can double for […]
Fewer pediatricians, higher risk for kids’ appendix ruptures
January 31, 2011
Children who live in areas with fewer pediatricians are more likely to suffer life-threatening ruptures of the appendix than those in areas with more pediatricians, even when accounting for other factors such as the number of hospitals, imaging technology, insurance coverage and the number of surgeons in an area, according to a study from the […]
Combo therapy: A better way to treat deadly brain tumors?
January 31, 2011
Lab studies show that combining drugs that target a variety of developmental cell signaling pathways may do a better job of killing deadly brain tumors than single drugs that target one pathway at a time, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers. The combined therapy approach apparently reduces tumor resistance […]
Scholarships support online Guided Care Nursing course
January 31, 2011
Funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation has allowed the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing to offer 270 scholarships for nurses to complete the online Guided Care Nursing course in 2011 and 2012. Registered nurses are eligible to apply if they are working for an organization in the United States that plans to use the […]
Johns Hopkins Nursing welcomes first cohort of BS to MSN students
January 31, 2011
Seven students are marking a new chapter in Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing academic program history this month. The seven comprise the first cohort of the Accelerated BS to MSN with Paid Clinical Residency program. “This unique and rewarding opportunity allows students to not only earn their baccalaureate degree but also gain the valuable […]
‘Privileged Pursuits: Cultural Refinement in Early Baltimore’
January 31, 2011
In the early 1800s, music, dance, literature, fine art and civility were considered part of a complete education. Homewood Museum’s fifth annual student-curated focus show explores how young Baltimoreans were introduced to these and other cultural refinements through parental instruction, printed materials, tutors and specialized schools. Evidence has been drawn from Carroll family correspondence, rare […]
Calendar — January 31, 2011
January 31, 2011
COLLOQUIA Wed., Feb. 2, 4:30 p.m. “An Ensemble View of Biology,” a Biology colloquium with Vincent Hilser, KSAS. Mudd Hall Auditorium. HW Wed., Feb. 2, 5 p.m. “Rethinking the Repertoire: Rescuing History, Criticism and Performance From Oblivion,” a Peabody Musicology colloquium with Leon Botstein, president of Bard College. (See In Brief, p. 2.) Goodwin Recital […]
Classifieds — January 31, 2011
January 31, 2011
APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT Belvedere area, beautifully renov’d 3BR, 2BA TH, available June. $1,600/mo (furn’d) or $1,450/mo (unfurn’d). 410-929-6008 or belvedererental@gmail.com. Bolton Hill, 2 big BRs and 2.5BAs in immaculate TH, hdwd flrs, recent apps, AC, new roof/windows, porch, bsmt, 2 prkng spaces, 4-min walk to metro, avail July. $1,850/mo. 410-383-7055 or viLca11@gmail.com. Canton, stunning 2BR, […]