Category: School of Medicine
Is there long-term brain damage after heart bypass surgery?
August 31, 2009
Brain scientists and cardiac surgeons at Johns Hopkins have evidence from 227 heart bypass surgery patients that the long-term memory losses and cognitive problems they experience are due to the underlying coronary artery disease itself and not to ill aftereffects from having used a heart-lung machine. Researchers say that their latest findings explain study results […]
New DNA test uses nanotech to find early signs of cancer
August 17, 2009
Using tiny crystals called quantum dots, Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a highly sensitive test to look for DNA attachments that often are early warning signs of cancer. This test, which detects both the presence and the quantity of certain DNA changes, could alert people who are at risk of developing the disease and also could tell doctors how well a particular cancer treatment is working.
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students embed stem cells in sutures
August 3, 2009
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students have demonstrated a practical way to embed a patient’s own adult stem cells in the surgical thread that doctors use to repair serious orthopedic injuries such as ruptured tendons. The goal, the students said, is to enhance healing and reduce the likelihood of re-injury without changing the surgical procedure itself.
Close caregiver relationship may slow Alzheimer’s decline
August 3, 2009
A study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins and Utah State universities suggests that a particularly close relationship with caregivers may give people with Alzheimer’s disease a marked edge over those without one in retaining mind and brain function over time. The beneficial effect of emotional intimacy that the researchers saw among participants was on par […]
New sanitizer reduces infections, cuts back on costly disposables
August 3, 2009
Johns Hopkins experts in applied physics, computer engineering, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, microbiology, pathology and surgery have unveiled a 7-foot-tall, $10,000 shower cubicle–shaped device that automatically sanitizes in 30 minutes all sorts of hard-to-clean equipment in a highly trafficked hospital Emergency Department. The novel device can sanitize and disinfect equipment of all shapes and sizes, […]
Johns Hopkins researchers make ‘eye-catching’ vision discovery
August 3, 2009
Nearly all species have some ability to detect light. At least three types of cells in the retina allow us to see images or distinguish between night and day. Now, researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have discovered in fish yet another type of cell that can sense light and contribute to vision. […]
Johns Hopkins scientist named outstanding woman vet
July 20, 2009
A Johns Hopkins veterinarian whose vocation is HIV research and avocation is the care of dog “athletes” has been named the 2009 Outstanding Woman Veterinarian of the Year by the Association for Women Veterinarians Foundation.
Two Johns Hopkins faculty members receive 2009 White House early career awards
July 20, 2009
Two Johns Hopkins faculty members are among the 100 winners of this year’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
JHH tops ‘U.S. News’ Honor Roll for 19th year in a row
July 20, 2009
The Johns Hopkins Hospital has once again—for the 19th consecutive time—earned the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of more than 4,800 American hospitals, placing first in three medical specialties and in the top 16 in 13 others.
The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center ranked in top 10
July 20, 2009
The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center is among the top 10 children’s hospitals in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of American children’s hospitals.