Link to cancer deaths may cut into Vytorin sales Sep 3, 2008
"This can't help" the drug's sales, said Gordon Tomaselli, a spokesman for the American Heart Association and a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, in an interview yesterday at the European Society of Cardiology conference in Munich. Tim Gardner, president of the American Heart Association, said he wouldn't recommend taking the treatment to lower high cholesterol because the cancer link hasn't been completely refuted. (Boston Globe)
Gene 'Network' Linked To Schizophrenia Pieced Together; Patients Confirmed To Carry Mutations Sep 3, 2008
3, 2008) Reporting this week in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have uncovered for the first time molecular circuitry associated with schizophrenia that links three previously known, yet unrelated proteins. See also. (Science Daily)
Researchers Devise Means To Create Blood By Identifying Earliest Stem Cells Sep 3, 2008
D., of the Institute of Cell Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Division of Pediatric Oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. There is real hope that in the future we can grow billions of blood cells at will to treat blood-related disorders, and just as critically if not more so, we ve got ACE as a new old marker to guide our work, Zambidis adds. (Science Daily)
Hopkins researchers piece together gene 'network' linked to schizophrenia Sep 3, 2008
Reporting this week in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have uncovered for the first time molecular circuitry associated with schizophrenia that links three previously known, yet unrelated proteins. "This is very exciting because until now the many known genetic factors implicated in this condition were not connected in any way," says Akira Sawa, M.D., Ph. (EurekAlert!)
Neurosciences Institute Discovers Drug Extends Stroke Treatment Time to 24 Hours, Repairs Brain Tissue Sep 2, 2008
BRNI is operated in alliance with West Virginia University in Morgantown as well as in collaboration with other academic institutions such as Johns Hopkins University. West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller founded the Institute in memory of his mother, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller, who died of Alzheimer's disease. (PR Newswire)
Johns Hopkins Records Third Straight Shutout in Home Opener Sep 2, 2008
Women's Soccer Johns Hopkins Blue Jays - The Official Athletic Site for the Johns Hopkins University. . (Hopkinssports.com)
Alcohol Screenings and Interventions Done Better: Simulation Software Helps Health Practitioners Practice With Realistic Virtual Patients Sep 2, 2008
SIMmersion LLC is a spin-off of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ... Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Most vaccine-allergic children can still be safely vaccinated, Hopkins experts say Sep 2, 2008
"Vaccines save lives, and parents should know that children who have had allergic reactions after a vaccine are likely to have developed protection against infection as a result of the vaccination," says investigator Neal Halsey, M.D., an infectious disease specialist at Hopkins Children's, and professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health ... D., University of Colorado; Rosanna Setse, M.D. M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of... (EurekAlert!)
NEWSWEEK International Editions: Highlights and Exclusives, September 8, 2008 Issue Sep 1, 2008
Ruth Wedgwood, a professor of international law and diplomacy at Johns Hopkins University, writes that in addition to major worsening economic problems, there is still a great deal of confusion about who's in charge in Kosovo. "Blocked by Russia, the U.N. Security Council has not been able to lift its supervisory political framework put in place after the NATO intervention. The international proconsul, Lamberto Zannier - the U.N. secretary - general's special representative-remains in Kosovo,... (PR Newswire)
Treadmill Exercise Can Improve Walking In Stroke Survivors Sep 1, 2008
"Some of these people were actually in a wheelchair when they started, and a lot were using canes and walkers," said Dr. Daniel Hanley, a neurology professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore who helped lead the study, whose findings were published in the American Heart Associations journal Stroke. He also said that some were able to give these up or lessen their dependence on them after the treadmill use. (eFluxMedia)
Honolulu biotech firm sees success with artificial corneas Sep 1, 2008
They re all doing really well, there were no rejections, and all patients have received sensation back, said Wuh, who earned a bachelor s degree in human biology and a medical degree from Johns Hopkins University, a master s degree in public health from Harvard, and completed medical training at Stanford University. The Cellular Bioengineering division that makes the corneas, Eyegenix, is aiming for approval in the United States by 2010. (Pacific Business News, HI)
A blogger takes office in Malaysia Aug 30, 2008
Theyre the reformasi generation, and they think about politics in fundamentally different ways, says Bridget Welsh, a politics professor at Johns Hopkins University, using the Malay word for reform. Young MPs and party workers are the glue in Anwars coalition as they can cross the ethnic lines that define Malaysian politics, she says. (Christian Science Monitor)
Quest for statewide smoking ban continues Aug 30, 2008
" In 2003 a definitive paper on SHS and lung cancer mortality was published in the British Medical Journal. It is the largest and most detailed study ever reported. The authors studied more than 35,000 California never-smokers over a 39-year period and found no statistically significant association between exposure to SHS and lung cancer mortality. Propaganda Trumps Science The 1992 EPA report is an example of the use of epidemiology to promote belief in an epidemic instead of to investigate... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Treadmill Workouts Help Stroke Survivors Aug 30, 2008
Luft worked with physicians at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland and the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center on the study. It compared the brain and physical function of 37 people who had had strokes and worked on a treadmill three times a week, with 34 people who were given traditional stretching exercises. (MEDLINEplus)
Stroke victims aided by walk Aug 29, 2008
"I think it's one of the better pieces of news in a while - in a long while - for the stroke survivor," Dr. Daniel Hanley, a neurology professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore who helped lead the study, said in a telephone interview. "Improvement can occur a long time - meaning months and years - after the stroke," added Hanley, whose findings were published in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke. (Boston Globe)
Gene Thwarts Dry Macular Degeneration Aug 29, 2008
"You might cure the individual of one thing and increase their risk in something else," researcher Nicholas Katsanis, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University, states in a news release. That is, those experimental drugs may treat wet AMD but raise the risk of dry AMD by turning off the protective gene variant in certain people. (WebMD)
Statins vs. Advanced Prostate Cancer Aug 29, 2008
They included Elizabeth Platz, ScD, of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Platz and colleagues studied data from nearly 35,000 men who were health care professionals. (Yahoo News -- Prostate Cancer)
HIV Patients At Greater Risk For Bone Fractures Aug 29, 2008
Other researchers working on the study include Todd Brown of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. and Virginia Triant and Hang Lee of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. (Science Daily)
First Gene Associated With Dry Macular Degeneration Found Aug 29, 2008
Studies were conducted at University of Utah School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital in Chengdu, China, Oregon Health & Science University, University of Kentucky, University of California, San Diego, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, and Rockefeller University. Support for this study was provided by grants from the National Institutes of Health,... (Science Daily)
Nature conferences Aug 29, 2008
Mariano Barbacid (CNIO, Spain), Ezzie Hutchinson (Nature Reviews Cancer), David Lane (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore), Chris Marshall (The Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, UK), Barbara Marte (Nature), Frank McCormick (UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, USA), Bernd Pulverer (Nature Cell Biology), Charles Sawyers (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA), Bert Vogelstein (Sidney... (Nature News Service)
TGen find promises big leap in forensics Aug 29, 2008
Using such technology to forensically identify people "may have dire consequences and privacy issues related to protecting individuals," said Sara Katsanis, a genetics-policy analyst with the Washington, D.C.-based Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University. Beyond the ethical challenges of collecting such samples, she said, such technology in its current form probably is not practical to use for everyday forensics. (AZCentral -- Business)
Taking Aim at Brain Cancer Aug 29, 2008
It takes aim at an unusual mutation discovered in the late 1980s by Albert Wong and Bert Vogelstein at Johns Hopkins University and Darell Bigner at Duke. The mutation freezes a crucial protein called epidermal growth factor receptor in the "on" position. (Forbes -- Business)
Risk of fracture is significantly higher in HIV-infected patients Aug 29, 2008
The lead author of the JCEM article is Virginia Triant, MD, of the MGH Division of Infectious Diseases and Program in Nutritional Metabolism; the study's co-authors are Hang Lee, PhD, MGH Biostatistics, Todd Brown, MD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins University. The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health. (EurekAlert!)
Treadmill Retrains Body and Brain of Stroke Victims Aug 29, 2008
"This is great news for stroke survivors because results clearly demonstrate that long-term stroke damage is not immutable and that with exercise it's never too late for the brain and body to recover," says Daniel Hanley, M.D., professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The study's results, published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, suggest that patients' brains may retain the capacity to rewire through a treadmill exercise program months or... (Newsmax)
Gene linked to eye disease Aug 29, 2008
Zhang collaborated with researchers from institutions such as the Utah School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences in China. Experts at the National Eye Institute, which helped fund Zhang's work, expressed cautious enthusiasm for the findings. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Can one neuron release more than one neurotransmitter? Why is it comforting to discuss problems with others? Aug 27, 2008
Dinah Miller, a psychiatrist in private practice in Baltimore and a part-time faculty member at Johns Hopkins University, explains. When people seek comfort in talking, they may be looking to unburden themselves of a secret or seeking validation for their beliefs. (Scientific American)
DNC chatter, day 2: Buzz, blogs and quick hits Aug 27, 2008
The Financial Times and The Johns Hopkins University Center for the Study of American Government presented the program. Robert Guttman, director, Center on Politics and Foreign Relations at the center, and Chrystia Freeland, U.S. managing editor for the Financial Times, served as moderators. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Academic Honors (Aug. 28) Aug 27, 2008
Harsha Prabhala graduated recently from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore with a master s degree in biomedical engineering from the Whiting School of Engineering and a bachelor s degree from Whiting School of Engineering and Kriegler School of Arts and Sciences in biomedical engineering, with additional majors in applied mathematics and statistics, and psychological and brain sciences. Prabhala has been a recipient of many awards including the Academic Excellence Award. (Needham Tab, MA)
Keeping Cells Youthful: How Telomere-building Proteins Get Drawn Into The Fold Aug 27, 2008
5, 2001) Using genetically engineered mice, scientists from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found that events associated with losing the function of telomeres, the repetitive ends of. (Oct. (Science Daily)
Anwar wins big in Malaysian by-election Aug 27, 2008
"One of the things that has held this country back is the issue of corruption - resources are not being distributed in a way that is fair to the vast majority of people," said Bridget Welsh, a specialist in Malaysian politics at Johns Hopkins University in Washington. "What you're seeing now is the rise of the voice of people wanting change for a broader constituency than just the elite.". (International Herald Tribune)
Yale Tied for 9th in Division I NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings Aug 27, 2008
Johns Hopkins University. University of Pennsylvania. (Goyalebulldogs.com)
Debate on drinking age continues Aug 27, 2008
First formed in July, the entity is comprised of leaders from top-tier institutions such as Tufts University, Johns Hopkins University and Duke University. North Dakota State College of Science President John Richman was not available for comment by press time. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Anwar bid for power boosted by Malaysian election win Aug 27, 2008
Bridget Welsh, a Southeast Asian expert from Johns Hopkins University, said the result showed Anwar could successfully garner support from across racial lines in multicultural Malaysia, which is dominated by Muslim Malays. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Georgia war was in South Ossetia, but Abkhazia's the prize Aug 26, 2008
"Georgian officials said the separatist army seized 13 Georgian villages and a hydropower plant that were inside a "buffer zone" demarcated by a 1994 cease-fire, extending Abkhazia's boundary south to the Inguri River. Residents of Gunmuhuri said Abkhaz troops used Russian aerial bombings as cover and established a base in their village, manned by several dozen soldiers.Abkhaz officials described the operation as a "security measure" and left the door open to returning the borderline villages to... (Anchorage Daily News)
Virus That Infects Mosquitoes Could Lead to Weapon Against Disease Aug 26, 2008
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found a new virus that infects the world s most dangerous mosquito. Although the virus appears harmless, the scientists proved that it can be genetically manipulated. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
FBI STATEMENT: Science Briefing on the Anthrax Investigation Aug 25, 2008
Rita Colwell is currently Distinguished Professor both at the University of Maryland, College Park, as well as at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and she is also Senior Advisor to Canon U.S. Life Science Inc. From 1998 to 2004, she served as Director of the National Science Foundation, which provided funding for much of the genetic sequencing efforts in support of the FBI investigation. She has served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of... (USA Today -- Tech)
Pakistan euphoria at Musharraf's exit ebbs Aug 24, 2008
Gen. Naeem Salik, now a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The country's downward spiral has left many of Pakistan's educated professionals feeling they have no choice but to leave, further depleting a politically moderate middle class that has served as a bulwark against extremism. (Los Angeles Times)
Beauty and Belonging Aug 24, 2008
"Casey was looking for some stories," said Robbins, who now teaches at Johns Hopkins University. "I had mentioned I had this great student who had this incredible background.". (The Clarion-Ledger)
Never Sleep With Pigs, You Get Dirty and the Pigs Enjoy It Aug 23, 2008
Nick currently develops and teaches graduate-level crisis management courses at the Johns Hopkins University and co-author of. Be the first to read Nick Nichols' column. (Townhall.com)
Learn More: U.S. News Best-College Ranking Aug 23, 2008
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md. 16. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Phelps Highlights Marfan Syndrome Aug 22, 2008
In the book, Michael Phelps: Beneath the Surface, Phelps describes how he first got to be checked at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. My heart rate was accelerating and Bob suggested I see the doctor. (Fox News)
Breaking The 'Mucus Barrier' With A New Drug Delivery System Aug 22, 2008
21, 2008) Chemical engineers from Johns Hopkins University have broken the "mucus barrier," engineering the first drug-delivery particles capable of passing through human mucus regarded by many as nearly impenetrable and carrying medication that could treat a range of diseases ... "Mucus has evolved to be a highly efficient barrier," says Justin Hanes, professor of chemical & biomolecular engineering at Johns Hopkins University, the lead investigator of the study. (Science Daily)
Hydrogels Provide Scaffolding For Growth Of Bone Cells Aug 22, 2008
29, 2004) Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a new class of artificial proteins that can assemble themselves into a gel and encourage the growth of selected cell types. This biomaterial, which. (Science Daily)
Acute Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Linked To Development Of Schizophrenia Aug 22, 2008
(May 17, 2006) Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development have learned that contrary to popular belief, mild to moderate levels of maternal. . (Science Daily)
Sushi study finds deception Aug 22, 2008
Both will enroll at Johns Hopkins University this autumn. 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Russia Threatens U.S. Over Missile Deal Aug 21, 2008
Michael Mandelbaum, a foreign policy expert at Johns Hopkins University, told CBS News national security correspondent David Martin that placing missile defenses so close to its territory is a red line for Russia. "No deployment of ballistic missile defense systems in their neighborhoods, at least not without their cooperation," Mandelbaum said. (CBS News)
Playing a game of chase with a cosmic number Aug 21, 2008
"It is the most fundamental number in cosmology," said Adam Riess, 38, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute and Johns Hopkins University, and one of the discoverers 10 years ago that some kind of "dark energy" is speeding up the expansion of the universe. This spring, in what he called "a triumph of metrology," Riess announced that he and his comrade, Lucas Macri of the University of Texas, had used the Hubble Space Telescope to make the newest and most precise measurement yet... (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Magician's Hand: How Humor And Misdirection Can Manipulate Levels Of Attention Aug 21, 2008
Psychologists at Johns Hopkins University have demonstrated. . (Science Daily)
Arsenic in Drinking Water Raises Diabetes Risk Aug 21, 2008
"This suggests that arsenic would play a role in the development of diabetes," said lead researcher Dr. Ana Navas-Acien, assistant professor of environmental health science at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. "But there clearly needs to be additional research conducted because our study has certain limitations. We are conducting those studies now, but that's going to take a few years.". (MEDLINEplus)
AUTHOR GIVES BUBBA NEW DAD Aug 20, 2008
D. A Johns Hopkins University psychologist who sort of writes books and who sort of (pardon the phrase) lays Bubba out on the couch to explain him. Per this doc. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Back to Nature with a Martini Aug 20, 2008
Legend Says California Gold Miner Invented Martini. Although the Martini carries an air of distinction and sophistication, there is no reason it can't go on a picnic, hike, cross country ski outing or hunting trip. (Suite101.com)
Light Finds A Way -- Even Through White Paint: Specially-prepared Light Moves Through 'Open Channels' Aug 20, 2008
(May 1, 2005) A new optical method that can image subsurface structures under skin has been demonstrated by scientists at NIST and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The method was. (Science Daily)
Study Finds Age Discrimination In Emergency Care Aug 20, 2008
But new research from Johns Hopkins University has shown that many elderly trauma patients never make it to the best medical centers. Doctors analyzed 10 years worth of ambulance data from Maryland and found evidence of unconscious age bias by emergency medical staff. (KERO 23, CA)
College presidents: Rethink drinking age Aug 20, 2008
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Alameda Alliance names new chief medical officer Aug 20, 2008
Pan received his undergraduate degree from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and completed M.D. and Ph. D. degrees concurrently at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
The storied history of the word 'planet' Aug 20, 2008
Seager joined other astronomers and planetary scientists last week at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md. for "The Great Planet Debate: Science as Process" conference. (USA Today -- Tech)
Helping the Hidden Community of HIV Aug 20, 2008
As a by-product of efforts like these, activists hope to lower infection rates not only of HIV but also of other sexually transmitted diseases, such as syphilis, which affects men who have sex with men in the U.S. at high rates, according to Chris Beyrer, who directs the AIDS research center at Johns Hopkins University. The problem exists elsewhere in the West: data presented by Dutch researchers this month at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City suggest that hepatitis C and HIV... (Time.com)
Post-Olympic Clamp on Xinjiang Likely Aug 20, 2008
Many Uighurs are concerned about a high degree of self rule in the territory, said S. Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University. "The Chinese response is that, `If you put aside this nonsense we will make you wealthy,'" said Starr. (Time.com)
UNL gets 10 responses on research park query Aug 19, 2008
A division of HDR, has worked on government, corporate and academic facilities, such as the Birck Nanotechnology Center at Purdue University, a cancer research building at Johns Hopkins University and the new Durham Research Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Craig Davis Properties, Cary, N.C.. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Maelstrom Quashes Jumping Genes Aug 19, 2008
Other authors of the study are Sarah Soper at The Johns Hopkins University; Tara Hardiman at Carnegie, Mary Goodheart with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Whitehead Institute, and MIT; Sandra Martin at the University of Colorado School of Medicine; and Peter de Boer at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, The Netherlands. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Switching it up: How memory deals with a change in plans Aug 19, 2008
Susan Courtney, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University ... The answer is "both," according to researchers at The Johns Hopkins University, who have learned that two different areas of the brain are responsible for the way human beings handle complex sets of "if-then" rules. (EurekAlert!)
Johns Hopkins scientists discover what drives the development of a fatal form of malaria Aug 19, 2008
"Cerebral malaria is lethal 20 percent of the time in the best of hands, and here we've shown that something as simple as aspirin, because of its affect on platelets, might be able to improve the outcomes of those who contract this deadly form of the disease," says David Sullivan M.D., an associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health ... D., an assistant professor of molecular and comparative pathobiology at the... (EurekAlert!)
Lens implant offers hope - Experimental surgery may be able to correct condition before blindness Aug 18, 2008
Dr. Michael Repka, a pediatric ophthalmologist at Baltimore s Johns Hopkins University, says both approaches are in their infancy, but interesting. It s an exciting thing in a patient who has had conventional therapy and failed, says Repka, a spokesman for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. (Missoulian, MT)
Aligarh Muslim University ties up with American universities Aug 18, 2008
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has tied up with the University Law School and the Johns Hopkins University to offer several academic programmes to its students, university officials said Saturday. The academic tie-up will help us in providing better career opportunities to our students, AMU spokesperson Rahat Abrar told IANS.. (Fresh News)
APA task force calls for reframing research to address resilience among black youth Aug 18, 2008
Chair: Stephanie Irby Coard, PhD, University of North Carolina-Greensboro; Anne Gregory, PhD, University of Virginia; Yolanda Jackson, PhD, University of Kansas; Robert Jagers, PhD, University of Michigan; Le'Roy Reese, PhD, Morehouse School of Medicine; Caryn Rodgers, PhD, Johns Hopkins University; Anita Jones Thomas, PhD, Loyola University Chicago. Full text of the APA Task Force report is available from the APA Public Affairs Office and at. (EurekAlert!)
