Hypnosis: Trick or Treatment?
A couple of weeks ago I indulged in a morsel of nostalgia along with my fellow millennials and went to see Incredibles 2. If you’ve… Read More »Hypnosis: Trick or Treatment?
Perspectives in Research
The F-Word in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
A recent study, published in Nature Genetics, has found an interesting new link between the F-word and metastatic prostate cancer. Before you let your imagination… Read More »The F-Word in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Landmark RNAi-Based Therapy Achieves Clinical Success
DNA serves as a blueprint for the protein repertoire that comprises the human body and its functions. To construct these proteins while also ensuring that… Read More »Landmark RNAi-Based Therapy Achieves Clinical Success
Targeting Diabetes with a High-Fiber Diet: It’s All in Your Gut!
Right this moment, your gastrointestinal tract is crammed with a vast number of different microbes, together referred to as the human gut microbiota. Don’t be… Read More »Targeting Diabetes with a High-Fiber Diet: It’s All in Your Gut!
Diversity at the Top of the Social Media Signaling Cascade
Caroline's essay received 3rd place in The Lasker Foundation Essay Contest. The Lasker Foundation’s Essay Contest engages young scientists and clinicians in a discussion about… Read More »Diversity at the Top of the Social Media Signaling Cascade
Recent Study Reveals How the Brain Learns from Others’ Mistakes
Last month, my friend came back from Mount Kosciuszko with stunning photos and a seriously painful-looking sunburn. As I prepared to undertake the same hike… Read More »Recent Study Reveals How the Brain Learns from Others’ Mistakes
Celebrating the Hopkins LGBTQ+ Community at Baltimore Pride 2018
This June was Baltimore Pride, a tradition dating back to 1975 that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community in Baltimore. Over 200 members of the Johns Hopkins… Read More »Celebrating the Hopkins LGBTQ+ Community at Baltimore Pride 2018
Finding the Missing Piece — the Limits of the Current Malaria Vaccine and How We Can Improve Future Vaccine Design
With hundreds of millions of infections worldwide, malaria continues to be a global health threat and burden to vulnerable populations. For decades, researchers have dedicated… Read More »Finding the Missing Piece — the Limits of the Current Malaria Vaccine and How We Can Improve Future Vaccine Design
Insilico Medicine: A Hopkins Startup Using AI to Enhance Biomedical Research
Remember that time you Googled something and it showed up on your Facebook newsfeed the next day? These oftentimes unnerving, targeted advertising strategies are driven… Read More »Insilico Medicine: A Hopkins Startup Using AI to Enhance Biomedical Research
Modern Papers for Modern Science
In the past 400 years, science has revolutionized the planet several times over. Modern medicine has eradicated diseases that once decimated populations, while physicists manipulate… Read More »Modern Papers for Modern Science