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Scientists Advance Prospects for Permanently Putting AIDS Virus into Dormant State Using Gene Therapy
The Johns Hopkins team that conducted the new study had previously shown that the molecule of interest, an “antisense ...
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No More Pain: Breakthrough Sickle Cell Treatment from Johns Hopkins Offers Curative Potential
Extreme pain, known as a pain crisis, is one of the hallmark symptoms of SCD. With frequent hospitalizations, chronic pain ...
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Wilmer Eye Institute Celebrates 100 Years
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine has kicked off a yearlong celebration of its centennial, highlighting 100 years ...
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Feeling Mental Exhaustion? These Two Areas of The Brain May Control Whether People Give Up or Persevere
In experiments with healthy volunteers undergoing functional MRI imaging, scientists have found increased activity in two ...
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It Takes Heart – How Collaborative Care and Cutting-Edge Research Helped Save the Life of Patient with Rare Cardiac Condition
Attorney Brad Tennis’ busy day in Washington, D.C., started out normally with a trip on the Metro, but his afternoon commute quickly took a turn. It was August 2018, yet it wasn’t the heat that ...
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Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Program
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center offers training and certification for those interested in becoming a Community Health Worker (CHW). Do you enjoy caring for others? A CHW can work in many ...
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Common Summer Skin Conditions: What You Should Know
When gardening, swimming, camping and enjoying outdoor sports and activities are part of your summertime plans, protecting your skin is essential. Here’s how to make sure insect bites, rashes, sunburn ...
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Co-located Cell Types Help Drive Aggressive Brain Tumors
A type of aggressive, treatment-resistant brain tumor has a distinct population of immune cells that support its growth, according to new research led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel ...
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Johns Hopkins, Howard University Team Up to Advance Health Equity
A collaborative effort to eliminate cancer health disparities among African Americans and other underserved populations in the Washington, D.C., area is being reignited at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel ...
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Advanced Maternal Age - Johns Hopkins Medicine
What is advanced maternal age? Advanced maternal age, or geriatric pregnancy, refers to people who become pregnant at age 35 or older. The majority of healthy people who get pregnant in their late 30s ...
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'A Dream Outcome' for Vision for Baltimore - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Since 2016, the intensely collaborative program known as Vision for Baltimore has become a national model — demonstrating that providing schoolchildren in high-poverty schools with the vision care and ...
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Pediatric Thyroid Center at Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Our pediatric specialists at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center treat a variety of complex conditions, including thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Graves' disease, hyperthyroidism ...