Category: Research
Johns Hopkins researchers edit genes in human stem cells
June 22, 2009
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have successfully edited the genome of human-induced pluripotent stem cells, making possible the future development of patient-specific stem cell therapies.
JHU, partners launch Research Means Hope campaign
June 8, 2009
With medical science on the verge of numerous breakthroughs to cures and treatments for a host of human diseases, a coalition of research organizations led by The Johns Hopkins University and four other founding partners is striving to make sure that ample federal funds to fuel such discoveries are there now and into the foreseeable future.
Cost-effective measures could stop child pneumonia deaths
June 8, 2009
Implementing measures to improve nutrition, indoor air pollution, immunization coverage and the management of pneumonia cases could be cost-effective and significantly reduce child mortality from pneumonia, according to a study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
When adults have an anxiety disorder, their kids need help too
June 8, 2009
In what is believed to be the first U.S. study designed to prevent anxiety disorders in the children of anxious parents, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center have found that a family-based program reduced symptoms and the risk of developing an anxiety disorder among these children.
Study finds parents’ influence on children’s eating habits is small
June 8, 2009
The popular belief that healthy eating starts at home, and that parents’ dietary choices help children establish their nutritional beliefs and behaviors, may need rethinking, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Mock CPR drills in kids show many residents fail in key skills
June 8, 2009
Research from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center exposes alarming gaps in training hospital residents in “first response” emergency treatment of staged cardiorespiratory arrests in children, while at the same time offering a potent recipe for fixing the problem.
Survey suggests higher risk of falls due to dizziness in aged
June 8, 2009
A full third of American adults–69 million men and women over age 40–are up to 12 times more likely to have a serious fall because they have some form of inner-ear dysfunction that throws them off balance and makes them dizzy, according to Johns Hopkins experts.
Fund-raiser nets more than $70,000 for transplant research
June 8, 2009
An evening of opera music featuring Metropolitan Opera star Denyce Graves was held recently to raise funds to benefit organ transplant surgery research and care at Johns Hopkins. The event, titled “Let the Music Move You,” was attended by 70 guests at the singer’s home in Bethesda, Md.
At SPH, city male students discuss effects of ‘fatherlessness’
June 8, 2009
A recent School of Public Health event brought together 125 male students from Baltimore City schools with leaders in the African-American community to screen the new documentary Men II Boys and participate in a community discussion on how to become fathers to the fatherless.
Hopkins scientists picked for cancer dream teams
June 8, 2009
A TV industry- and celebrity-driven cancer research project has chosen scientists at Johns Hopkins for two of five multi-institutional “dream teams” financed by Stand Up to Cancer grants totaling more than $6 million.