Category: Divisions
Practical play: Interactive video games valuable for ICU patients
October 24, 2011
Interactive video games, already known to improve motor function in recovering stroke patients, appear to safely enhance physical therapy for patients in intensive care units, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests. In a report published online in the Journal of Critical Care, researchers studied the safety and feasibility of using video games to complement regular […]
Johns Hopkins scientists elected to Institute of Medicine
October 24, 2011
Three pre-eminent researchers from Johns Hopkins—experts in memory, vision and patient safety—have been recognized for outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service with election to membership in the Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Richard Huganir, Jeremy Nathans and Peter Pronovost were among 65 new members […]
‘Stimulated’ stem cells found to stop donor organ rejection
October 24, 2011
Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a way to stimulate a rat’s stem cells after a liver transplant as a means of preventing rejection of the new organ without the need for lifelong immunosuppressant drugs. The need for anti-rejection medicines, which carry serious side effects, is a major obstacle to successful long-term transplant survival in people. […]
Baking better bread
October 24, 2011
Any way you slice it, a bread that contains critical nutrients could help combat severe malnutrition in impoverished regions. That’s the goal of Johns Hopkins undergraduates who are using synthetic biology to enhance common yeast so that it yields beta carotene, the orange substance that gives its color to carrots—and, when eaten, turns into vitamin […]
The arts: What is their role?
October 24, 2011
In the battle of right brain vs. left brain, The Johns Hopkins University is asking: Why not use both? The past, present and future of the arts at Johns Hopkins came squarely into focus earlier this month as arts program leaders from other major universities visited the Homewood campus to discuss the merits of blending […]
Survey reveals reasons doctors avoid online error-reporting tools
October 24, 2011
Too busy and too complicated. These are the typical excuses one might expect when medical professionals are asked why they fail to use online error-reporting systems designed to improve patient safety and the quality of care. But Johns Hopkins investigators found instead that the most common reasons among radiation oncologists were fear of getting into […]
Brain Science Institute hosts conference to explore new drug paradigm
October 17, 2011
A symposium hosted by the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Baltimore Convention Center will bring together the pharmaceutical industry and academic-based research institutions with the common goal of exploring how the two can best work together to enhance and facilitate the discovery of new drugs. Although pharmaceutical companies and new […]
Nursing researcher links oxidative stress to racial discrimination
October 17, 2011
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing assistant professor Sarah Szanton, in collaboration with scientists from the National Institute on Aging and the University of California, San Francisco, has concluded that African-Americans who report more frequent racial discrimination have higher levels of oxidative stress in their bodies. Their study is published online in Springer’s International Journal […]
Invasive melanoma may be more likely in children than adults
October 17, 2011
A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of young people with melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, has found that some children have a higher risk of invasive disease than do adults. The study, published online Oct. 5 in the journal Cancer, is believed to be the first to compare disease spread in children and adults, […]
Piero Weiss, 83, pianist and musicologist at Peabody
October 17, 2011
Musicologist and pianist Piero Weiss, a member of the Peabody Conservatory faculty since 1985, died of pneumonia on Oct. 2 at the age of 83. He was still teaching during the current semester. “Dr. Weiss improved a generation and a half of Peabody students,” wrote Paul Mathews, associate dean for academic affairs, in his blog […]