The Biggest Loser and the Skinny on Obesity
Many years ago when hunting and gathering was the means to survival, the ability to shore up vast amounts of caloric intake as body fat… Read More »The Biggest Loser and the Skinny on Obesity
Perspectives in Research
Updated Department of Labor Rules Will Impact Postdoctoral Researcher Salaries This December
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued new rules on overtime wages, raising the yearly salary limit for which overtime pay must be provided to… Read More »Updated Department of Labor Rules Will Impact Postdoctoral Researcher Salaries This December
Modern Neuroscience has the tools to treat psychiatric illness
The following submission is the first place winner of The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation 2016 essay contest. You can read the original posting here. … Read More »Modern Neuroscience has the tools to treat psychiatric illness
How Lithium Treats Bipolar Disorder
Lithium is a first-line treatment for patients with bipolar disorder, which is characterized by mood swings between mania and depression. Although widespread use of lithium… Read More »How Lithium Treats Bipolar Disorder
The Wish for a Womb: How Uterus Transplants Can Make Pregnancy Possible
After success in Swedish trials, the first uterine transplant was performed at Cleveland Clinic in the United States this past February. The research in Sweden… Read More »The Wish for a Womb: How Uterus Transplants Can Make Pregnancy Possible
Pursuing Social Justice Through Social Innovation
Social justice and social innovation have recently become buzzwords in millennial circles as focal points for tackling social issues. In essence, social justice purports a… Read More »Pursuing Social Justice Through Social Innovation
What Kind of Dog is That?: Evaluating a Breed ID Test
“What kind of dog is that?” In the year and a half since I adopted my lovable mutt, I have been asked the same question… Read More »What Kind of Dog is That?: Evaluating a Breed ID Test
Novel Study Tools Redefine How We Learn
Medical knowledge grows like a metastatic cancer, rapidly expanding every day, uninhibited as new literature is published, novel discoveries are made and evidence is refined.… Read More »Novel Study Tools Redefine How We Learn
How Genetics Can Inform Future Missions to Mars
On May 3, I and four other Johns Hopkins students volunteered with the Personalized Genetics Education Project, or pgEd, at a congressional briefing titled “Enduring… Read More »How Genetics Can Inform Future Missions to Mars
Success Follows When Biomedical Engineering and Immunology Collaborate
Kaitlyn Sadtler, a freshly minted Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins’ Cell and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program and Jennifer Elisseeff, Ph.D., recently had her thesis work published… Read More »Success Follows When Biomedical Engineering and Immunology Collaborate