Category: School of Medicine
Finding: Healthy people over 70 can safely donate a kidney
November 14, 2011
Kidney transplants performed using organs from live donors over the age of 70 are safe for the donors and lifesaving for the recipients, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. The study shines new light on a long-ignored potential source of organs that could address a profound national shortage. Although the study found that kidneys from older […]
Outbreaks: Experts discuss roles of social media, medical response teams
November 7, 2011
Anthony S. Fauci, the renowned longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his groundbreaking work in battling the HIV/AIDS pandemic and establishing national biodefense programs, will lead a panel of disaster preparedness experts today, Nov. 7, as part of this fall’s Johns […]
Johns Hopkins awarded $10 mill to reduce surgical infections
November 7, 2011
Johns Hopkins’ Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality has been awarded $10 million for a project designed to reduce surgical-site infections and other major complications of colon surgery. The money comes from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the project is in partnership […]
Johns Hopkins University researcher wins prize for breast cancer biomarker studies
November 7, 2011
A Johns Hopkins breast cancer re–searcher is the recipient of a $50,000 award designed to encourage rapid translation of her basic research on biomarkers into a commercially available test that could predict the best treatment options for some women with breast cancer. Sara Sukumar, co-director of the Breast Cancer Program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer […]
Johns Hopkins scientists discover ‘fickle’ DNA change in brain
November 7, 2011
Johns Hopkins scientists investigating chemical modifications across the genomes of adult mice have discovered that DNA modifications in nondividing brain cells, thought to be inherently stable, underwent large-scale dynamic changes as a result of stimulated brain activity. Their report, in the October issue of Nature Neuroscience, has major implications for treating psychiatric diseases and neurodegenerative […]
Cancer-causing protein tied to hormone resistance in breast cancer
November 6, 2011
In dozens of experiments in mice and in human cancer cells, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists has closely tied production of a cancer-causing protein called TWIST to the development of estrogen resistance in women with breast cancer. Because estrogen fuels much breast cancer growth, such resistance—in which cancers go from estrogen-positive to estrogen-negative status—can […]
Report: Genetic switch allows cells to thrive in low oxygen
October 24, 2011
Johns Hopkins scientists have revealed a new way that cells respond to the challenge of low oxygen. A report on the discovery about how the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe regulates its genes in hypoxic conditions appeared online Oct. 20 in Molecular Cell. S. pombe, a single-celled organism used as a discovery tool to reveal cellular […]
JHU enters into broad drug discovery collaboration with Eisai
October 24, 2011
The Johns Hopkins University has entered into a drug-discovery research collaboration with Eisai, a pharmaceutical company based in Tokyo, to develop proprietary small-molecule drugs for a range of brain conditions such as schizophrenia, pain, brain tumors and Alzheimer’s disease. The collaboration will operate as part of the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute’s NeuroTranslational Program, launched […]
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 […]