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Research cuts imperil critical insights into the underlying causes of age-related falls

Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death among seniors in the United States. Johns Hopkins researcher Kathleen Cullen studies our 'silent sense,' the vestibular system in our inner ear integral to maintaining balance.

Are ‘zombie’ skin cells harmful or helpful? The answer may be in their shapes

Johns Hopkins researchers identified three types of zombie skin cells; only one gets worse with age

A computer generated photo of a digital mosquito.

There’s a shortage of entomologists. AI can help.

In an evolutionary paradox, one of the world's most ancient predators might meet its match in one of humankind's most modern advances: mosquito vs. artificial intelligence.

Blue arrows point to normal pancreatic ductal mouse cells. Yellow arrows point to cells undergoing acinar-to-ductal metaplasia. Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine

Pancreatic cells remember epigenetic precancerous marks without genetic sequence mutations

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic “marks” in a transition state between normal and pancreatic cancer cells in mice, and that the normal cells may keep at least a temporary “memory” of those cancer-linked marks.

Research Matters: America’s med tech pipeline is fueled by federal support

An NIH-funded partnership between Johns Hopkins and Howard University speeds the development of medical devices addressing neurological disorders that affect more than a billion people.

Research Matters: Epilepsy relief relies on research

With NIH support, biomedical engineer Sri Sarma develops neurotechnologies to improve understanding and treatment of epilepsy.

Research Matters: America’s support for cutting-edge research is a smart investment

Federal funding for biomedical research pays off by enabling basic discoveries that lead to lifesaving treatments, writes Jeff Coller, whose lab is developing new ways to treat rare genetic diseases.

Research Matters: Engineering the future of diabetes treatment

Biomedical engineer Joshua Doloff uses federal funding to pioneer immunotherapies that could free diabetes patients from insulin dependence.

Research Matters: Earlier, better treatments for Alzheimer’s

Federally funded research at Johns Hopkins offers new avenues for detecting brain disease long before it strikes.

Scientists design experimental protein booster for rare genetic diseases

Johns Hopkins Medicine laboratory scientists say they have developed a potential new way to treat a variety of rare genetic diseases marked by too low levels of specific cellular proteins.

Research Matters: Science is worth standing up for

What if 30% of the medicines you and your loved ones depend on were never invented? Between 2001 and 2019,...

Bionic hand ‘knows’ what it’s touching, grasps like a human

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers pioneer a bionic hand that carefully conforms and adjusts its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds.

February 20, 2025

Research Matters: Harnessing the body’s natural defense to fight illnesses

Biomedical engineer Jamie Spangler and her team at Johns Hopkins develop innovative treatments for autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other complex diseases.

February 6, 2025

Balancing Act: New research reveals how the brain keeps you on your feet

New research reveals how special cerebellum neurons work together to keep you steady.

January 28, 2025

Allergy journey sparks BME graduate student’s research

Mission to develop a long-term allergy treatment is deeply personal for BME PhD student Ian McKnight, who has lived with severe allergies most of his life .

January 22, 2025

New epilepsy tool could cut misdiagnoses by nearly 70% using routine EEGs

Created by Johns Hopkins researchers, EpiScalp could significantly reduce false positives and spare patients from medication side effects, driving restrictions, and other quality-of-life challenges linked to misdiagnoses.

December 16, 2024

AI-written patient messages could boost innovation in clinical care, study shows

Johns Hopkins researchers shows that LLMs can generate realistic patient data for training AI without compromising individual privacy.

Compared to the state-of-the-art “SpliceAI” tool, the Hopkins team's "Splam" method uses a much shorter DNA sequence window to predict RNA splice sites, making its model more biologically realistic and feasible for use in research

December 11, 2024

New AI tool pinpoints gene splicing with unmatched precision

A recent innovation from Johns Hopkins researchers enables deeper insights into gene function and disease-linked mutations.

Blue and purple dots form into waves and represent ai models.

December 10, 2024

New AI cracks complex engineering problems faster than supercomputers

The shape-shifting technological solution by Johns Hopkins researchers could be a game-changer for engineering designs.

Computer rending of blood cells

November 26, 2024

Johns Hopkins team awarded funding for noninvasive anemia test

The 1.7M grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help researchers to develop a low-cost, point-of-care tool for anemia screening.

A graphic shows the quantitative systems pharmacology based biomarker discovery

October 30, 2024

Computational tool developed to predict immunotherapy outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer

Using computational tools, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a method to assess which patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer could benefit from immunotherapy.

October 28, 2024

Scientists engineer ‘glowing’ gel to improve eye surgery

Innovation tackles long-standing challenge in cataract procedures by making surgical materials visible under blue light.

October 17, 2024

Hopkins joins Cancer AI Alliance

Johns Hopkins and Kimmel Cancer Center researchers collaborate on big data science.

October 2, 2024

Can AI improve how we handle obesity care?

Using a cutting-edge AI technique, Johns Hopkins researchers present a potential clinical tool to predict waist circumference and identify patients at risk for obesity complications.

September 25, 2024

Journal selects Hopkins BME research for cover

Immunoengineering research by Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers was recently featured on the cover of the journal JCI Insight.

September 24, 2024

Low gravity in space travel found to disrupt normal rhythm in heart muscle cells

New research from Johns Hopkins find that heart tissues aboard the space station beat about half as strong as on Earth.

September 16, 2024

BME Design Team’s innovation aims to improve patient outcomes after peripheral nerve damage

The innovation is a set of electrodes designed to work without having to move or lift the nerve during evaluation, promising to reduce patient injury and inaccurate readings.

September 11, 2024

New tool blends classic math and AI to tackle complex challenges

Learned Proximal Networks offer reliable solutions for tasks like image restoration, reconstruction of medical scans, and other estimation problems.

September 10, 2024

JHU-led internship program opens doors for students with hearing loss

NIDCD-funded program aims to engage and empower students with hearing loss by giving them summer internships in hearing sciences labs.

August 20, 2024

VectorCam: Fighting malaria one image at a time

Hopkins biomedical engineers pioneer the development of VectorCam, a device that lets someone with minimal training identify mosquito species in a matter of seconds.

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