Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
You might have heard artists say they’re right-brained or mathematicians say they’re left-brained. Maybe when you were a kid someone noticed you were left-handed and… Read More »Left- vs. Right-Brained: Why the Brain Laterality Myth Persists
Do you remember sitting in your first or second grade class learning about dinosaurs? I distinctly remember being taught that a huge rock hit the… Read More »Tales of Dinosaurs Past
In NASA’s most comprehensive study ever on the physiological and molecular consequences of living in space for a prolonged period of time, scientists from across… Read More »It’s a Twin Thing
It has long been known — thanks largely to work by Johns Hopkins’ own Bert Vogelstein — that cancer is a disease generally caused by… Read More »Cancer and the Mutation Paradox
On the Johns Hopkins “Measles: What You Should Know” page, the last Q&A states: Q: What should I do to protect myself and my family?… Read More »An Evolving Situation: Measles and the 21st Century Vaccination Crisis
For years, a fence stood between the Johns Hopkins medical campus and the East Baltimore community. While the physical barrier has been torn down, Johns… Read More »Johns Hopkins Police Bill Signed into Law, Despite Student and Community Objections
Finding new treatments for infectious diseases is often the focus of clinical research, but recent research has demonstrated the importance of both developing and improving… Read More »Persistent Parasite Proteins: How Protein Clearance in Malaria Infection Can Impact Diagnostics
I started working in academia as an undergraduate laboratory technician in 2009. After a decade of experience and four years as a graduate student, I… Read More »Plan S: How Open Access Publishing Could Be Changing Academia
Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Sunkist, Mountain Dew, Sunny D, Brisk, Fanta, Kuat, Capri Sun and others — what do these drinks have in common?… Read More »When the Consequences of Sweeteners Are Not Sweet
Flu season is still going strong, meaning that almost every primary care visit concludes by ensuring that the patient has gotten their flu shot. There… Read More »Are Vaccines the Next Step in Controlling the Opioid Epidemic?