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Study: HIV escapes through cellular garbage chute
- Scientists at Johns Hopkins University and Hospital said their discovery of HIV’s cellular escape route could affect the way the virus is targeted by drugs.
- Scientists at Johns Hopkins University and Hospital said their discovery of HIV’s cellular escape route could affect the way the virus is targeted by drugs.
Killer gene targets cancerous cells
- Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have discovered a gene that, when working correctly, kills cancer cells. But when malfunctioning, it allows potentially lethal tumors to grow unchecked.
Urea-cycle disorder treatment reviewed
- Nitrogen is a big part of the air we breathe, but too much can kill.
Mercy studies hormone deprivation
- Hormone replacement therapy may be linked to cancer, but what about hormone suppression?
Take home device measures sleep ills
- How are you sleeping?
HPV linked to throat cancers
- The virus linked to many cases of cervical cancer may cause growths in your throat as well, but the vaccination is still not covered by insurance in Maryland.
Researchers find reserve cells in nose
- Old paint cans, dry cleaner solvents, new car smell and other toxic chemicals you might catch a whiff of do more than warn you of danger — they can kill the cells in your nose that raise the alarm.
University System of Maryland collects nearly $1 billion in research funding
- Maryland’s 13 public higher education institutions collected nearly $1 billion in private, federal and state research grants in fiscal 2006, the University System of Maryland announced Monday.
Hopkins closer to Six Million Dollar Man
- Detailed cost figures were not available, but researchers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, working with specialists around the world, have developed a prototype bionic limb that moves at eight different joints and gives heat and pressure signals to the wearer.
- Detailed cost figures were not available, but researchers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, working with specialists around the world, have developed a prototype bionic limb that moves at eight different joints and gives heat and pressure signals to the wearer.
Proteins in the body keep life records
- Whether it’s an unhealthy diet, childhood allergic reaction to a bee sting, or just breathing too much city smog, your cells keep track of your life.
Antifungal drug stops cancer
- Johns Hopkins researchers discovered that a drug commonly used to treat toenail fungus also can block angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels commonly seen in cancers.
Newborns arrive with toxic chemicals in bloodstream
- Adults are exposed to toxic chemicals in food packing, textiles and carpets every day, and now scientists have found the chemicals even in newborns.
Study links DNA, smoking to adult blindness
- Genes have been linked to adult blindness — but these findings do not absolve you from taking care of your health to fend off severe eye disease.
