Berman Institute scholar calls for regulation of genetic tests
An opinion piece by a legal scholar from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics in the Aug. 12 issue of Nature calls for the Food and Drug Administration to regulate all health-related genetic...
View ArticleLower blood pressure may preserve kidney function in some
Intensively treating hypertension in some African-Americans with kidney disease by pushing blood pressure well below the current recommended goal may significantly decrease the number who lose kidney...
View ArticleStudy: New Parkinson’s gene is linked to immune system
A hunt throughout the human genome for variants associated with common late-onset Parkinson’s disease has revealed a new genetic link that implicates the immune system and offers new targets for drug...
View ArticleNonprofits a surprising bright spot in national jobs picture
Nonprofit employers are providing one of the few bright spots in the country’s dismal employment picture this Labor Day, according to new data released last week by researchers at the Center for Civil...
View ArticleSchool of Nursing welcomes its largest incoming class
The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing has welcomed its highest enrollment of entering baccalaureate students since it opened in 1984. The new class of 154 traditional baccalaureate students...
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Five BME doctoral candidates named 2011 Siebel Scholars
Siebel Scholars Ying-Ying Wang, Ivy Dick, Vikram Aggarwal, Kelvin Liu and Prashant Mali will each receive $35,000 for use in his or her final year of graduate studies. One graduate student is helping...
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Goal: Giving feeling to a damaged hand or prosthetic limb
Neuroscientist Steven Hsiao of the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute is leading a team working to decode how the brain processes sensations in hands. Photo: Will Kirk/Homewoodphoto.jhu.edu This is...
View ArticleProvost’s Lecture Series fall lineup announced
China expert and noted author David Lampton will kick off the fall schedule of the new Provost’s Lecture Series, launched this spring to spread the wealth of academic excellence at Johns Hopkins among...
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NCI grant launches nanotech cancer center
Martin Pomper of the School of Medicine will serve as the center’s co-director, and Peter Searson of the Whiting School of Engineering as its director. Photo: Will Kirk/Homewoodphoto.jhu.edu Faculty...
View ArticleA blue-ribbon day for Gilman Hall
Hundreds of faculty, staff, students and friends of the university gathered on the Keyser Quad on Aug. 30, the first day of the fall semester, to witness the grand reopening of Gilman Hall, the...
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