Found: A Likely New Contributor to Age-Related Hearing Loss - 7/13/15
Conventional wisdom has long blamed age-related hearing loss almost entirely on the death of sensory hair cells in the inner ear, but research from neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins has provided new information about the workings of nerve cells that suggests otherwise. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 13, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
New Evidence That Genetic Differences May Help Explain Inconsistent Effectiveness Of Anti-Hiv Drug - 7/9/15
Research with human tissue and cells suggests that genetic variations, in addition to failure to comply with treatment regimens, may account for some failures of an anti-HIV drug to treat and prevent HIV infection. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 9, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Study Advances Potential of Tumor Genome Sequencing and DNA-Based Blood Tests in Precision Treatment and Detection of Pancreatic Cancer - 7/9/15
In a genome-sequencing study of pancreatic cancers and blood in 101 patients, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists say they found at least one-third of the patients' tumors have genetic mutations that may someday help guide precision therapy of their disease. Results of blood tests to detect DNA shed from tumors, they say, also predicted cancer recurrence more than half a year earlier than standard imaging methods. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 9, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Aggressive Cancer Treatment Near End of Life Persists Despite Rise in Advance Planning Efforts - 7/9/15
In a review of nearly 2,000 surveys with people whose loved ones died of cancer, researchers led by Johns Hopkins experts say they found a 40 percent increase over a 12-year period in the number of patients with cancer who participated in one form of advance care planning — designating durable power of attorney privileges to a loved one — but no corresponding impact on their rates of aggressive medical care received in the last weeks of life. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 9, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Faster Weight Gain Can Be Safe For Hospitalized Anorexia Patients - 7/8/15
A new study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers of patients hospitalized with anorexia nervosa shows that a faster weight gain during inpatient treatment — well beyond what national standards recommend — is safe and effective. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 8, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Johns Hopkins and the Queen ’s Health Systems Collaborate to Advance Patient Safety and Quality in Hawaii - 7/7/15
The Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and The Queen ’s Health Systems in Honolulu have entered into a collaboration agreement to improve patient safety and quality of care initiatives at hospitals in the state of Hawaii. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 7, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Stress-Coping Strategy and Mom ’s Stress Levels During Pregnancy May Determine Anorexia Susceptibility in Rats - 7/7/15
Johns Hopkins researchers have found that offspring born to mother rats stressed during pregnancy lost weight faster and failed to turn on appropriate brain hunger signals in response to exercise and food restriction, compared to offspring from non-stressed mothers. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 7, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Sculpting a Cell's Backside - 7/7/15
When Greek mythology and cell biology meet, you get the protein Callipygian, recently discovered and named by researchers at The Johns Hopkins University for its role in determining which area of a cell becomes the back as it begins to move. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 7, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
The Johns Hopkins University and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Enter into Extended Drug Discovery Collaboration - 7/7/15
The Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery (JHDD) program, created with the mission of identifying novel drug targets arising from Johns Hopkins faculty research and translating them into new therapeutics, and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague) have entered into a five-year drug discovery research agreement to develop small-molecule and peptide drugs for a range of therapeutic areas including neurological diseases, cancer, and gastrointestinal disorders. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 7, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Johns Hopkins and the Queen’s Health Systems Collaborate to Advance Patient Safety and Quality in Hawaii - 7/7/15
The Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and The Queen’s Health Systems in Honolulu have entered into a collaboration agreement to improve patient safety and quality of care initiatives at hospitals in the state of Hawaii. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 7, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Stress-Coping Strategy and Mom’s Stress Levels During Pregnancy May Determine Anorexia Susceptibility in Rats - 7/7/15
Johns Hopkins researchers have found that offspring born to mother rats stressed during pregnancy lost weight faster and failed to turn on appropriate brain hunger signals in response to exercise and food restriction, compared to offspring from non-stressed mothers. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 7, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Cellular Sentinel Prevents Cell Division When the Right Machinery Is Not in Place - 7/6/15
For cell division to be successful, pairs of chromosomes have to line up just right before being swept into their new cells, like the opening of a theater curtain. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 6, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
'Decorative' Molecule on Brain Cells Affects Motor Skills, Learning and Hyperactivity - 7/6/15
New research from The Johns Hopkins University suggests that a molecule commonly found "decorating" brain cells in higher animals, including humans, may affect brain structure. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 6, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Heart Attack Treatment Hypothesis 'Busted' - 7/6/15
Researchers have long had reason to hope that blocking the flow of calcium into the mitochondria of heart and brain cells could be one way to prevent damage caused by heart attacks and strokes. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 6, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
New Hepatitis C Treatment Needs No Antiviral Boost - 7/1/15
An analysis of the results of more than 16,000 brain and spine surgeries suggests patients have nothing to fear from having residents — physicians-in-training — assist in those operations. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - July 1, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
