Category: Research
Fighting tuberculosis with anti-inflammatory drugs possible
August 3, 2009
Tuberculosis experts at Johns Hopkins have evidence from a four-year series of experiments in mice that anti-inflammatory drugs could eventually prove effective in treating the highly contagious lung disease, adding to current antibiotic therapies. The Johns Hopkins scientists are planning further experiments in animals infected with TB to find out if any of the already […]
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. […]
Vaccine blocks transmission of malaria in lab experiments
August 3, 2009
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute have for the first time produced a malarial protein in the proper conformation and quantity to generate a significant immune response in mice and nonhuman primates for use in a potential transmission-blocking vaccine. Antibodies induced by Pfs48/45 protein vaccine effectively blocked the sexual development of the malaria-causing […]
1 in 6 public health workers unlikely to respond in pandemic
August 3, 2009
Approximately one in six public health workers said they would not report to work during a pandemic flu emergency regardless of its severity, according to a survey led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The findings are a significant improvement over a 2005 study, conducted by the same research team, […]
Gun sales: Regulation, oversight cut trafficking to criminals
August 3, 2009
Comprehensive regulation of gun sellers appears to reduce the trafficking of guns to criminals, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Preventing the diversion of guns to criminals is important because 85 percent of guns recovered by police were recovered from criminal suspects who were not […]
Ethicists: Include pregnant women in kids’ study
July 20, 2009
A team of ethicists from Johns Hopkins, Duke and Georgetown universities is urging organizers of a recently begun $3 billion decades-long study of children’s health to immediately add provisions to look at the health and medical profiles of the children’s mothers during their pregnancies.
‘Perfect storm’ of fiscal stress hits nonprofits
July 6, 2009
Eighty percent of nonprofit organizations are experiencing fiscal stress, according to a survey released June 29 by Johns Hopkins, and close to 40 percent of them reported that this stress was “severe” or “very severe.”
Co-op learning tops list of best approaches for secondary math
July 6, 2009
Cooperative learning methods have been found to be most effective in raising the math scores of middle and high school students, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins School of Education’s Center for Research and Reform in Education.
Predicting prostate cancer return: Study betters success odds
July 6, 2009
Cancer experts at Johns Hopkins say that a study tracking 774 prostate cancer patients for a median of eight years has shown that a three-way combination of measurements has the best chance yet of predicting disease metastasis.
Vision impairment costs billions lost in productivity
June 22, 2009
Corrected vision impairment could prevent billions of dollars in lost productivity annually, according to a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, International Centre for Eyecare Education, University of New South Wales and African Vision Research Institute.