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Tales of Dinosaurs Past

May 20, 2019

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 Earth, causing a tumultuous series of events that ultimately lead to their demise. What I didn’t know is that there wasn’t sufficient evidence to suggest that the asteroid hitting the […]

Joelle Dorskind ⋅ Perspectives in Research Dinosaurs, geophysics, paleontology ⋅

A view of Earth from space, as seen from a window of the International Space Station.

It’s a Twin Thing

May 16, 2019

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 the country collaborated to investigate various aspects of human biology using samples from famous twin astronauts, Scott and Mark Kelly. Though a handful of astronauts had previously lived in space […]

Carli Jones ⋅ Perspectives in Research DNA, dna sequencing, NASA, space ⋅

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Cancer and the Mutation Paradox

May 10, 2019

It has long been known — thanks largely to work by Johns Hopkins’ own Bert Vogelstein — that cancer is a disease generally caused by an accumulation of genetic mutations. This is sometimes referred to as the somatic mutation theory.1 This hypothesis states that each time a cell divides and grows, there are opportunities for […]

Pavan Shah ⋅ Perspectives in Research Cancer, gene mutation, immunotherapy ⋅

Measles vaccination

An Evolving Situation: Measles and the 21st Century Vaccination Crisis

May 2, 2019

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? A: Get vaccinated. It seems like such a simple solution to a global problem. Yet so many children, about 7% in the United States, remain unvaccinated well into elementary school. […]

Kristin Brig ⋅ Perspectives in Research measles, Vaccine ⋅

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Johns Hopkins Police Bill Signed into Law, Despite Student and Community Objections

April 29, 2019

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 Hopkins is now pursuing a new way to insulate itself from the surrounding community: a private police force. The police department swelled into a contentious issue over the last year […]

Laura Pugh ⋅ Perspectives in Research campus news, police force ⋅

Persistent Parasite Proteins: How Protein Clearance in Malaria Infection Can Impact Diagnostics

Persistent Parasite Proteins: How Protein Clearance in Malaria Infection Can Impact Diagnostics

April 23, 2019

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 diagnostic tools in the fight against malaria. Malaria is a disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, and mosquitoes spread it. In 2017, there were over 219 million cases of […]

Rachel Evans ⋅ Perspectives in Research Bloomberg School of Public Health, diagnostics, malaria, mosquito ⋅

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Plan S: How Open Access Publishing Could Be Changing Academia

April 17, 2019

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 thought I would have run out of things that would surprise my family about academia. However, there is one side of academia I haven’t had a lot of experience with […]

Kyla Britson ⋅ Perspectives in Research journal, Publishing, scientific papers ⋅

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When the Consequences of Sweeteners Are Not Sweet

April 15, 2019

Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Sunkist, Mountain Dew, Sunny D, Brisk, Fanta, Kuat, Capri Sun and others — what do these drinks have in common? They’re all sugar-sweetened beverages. Sugar-sweetened beverages, or sugary drinks, are composed of any liquid sweetened with one or more forms of sugars, and they are the main source of added […]

Yazmin Rovira Gonzalez ⋅ Perspectives in Research colorectal cancer, fructose, glucose, sugar ⋅

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Are Vaccines the Next Step in Controlling the Opioid Epidemic?

April 11, 2019

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 is no cure for the flu, but a simple shot greatly decreases an individual’s chances of contracting the virus and keeps epidemics from spreading in the population. What if we […]

Laura Pugh ⋅ Perspectives in Research opioids, vaccines ⋅

Grad Grooves: The Soundtrack of Our Science

Grad Grooves: The Soundtrack of Our Science

April 5, 2019

Background music is everywhere. It plays quietly in malls and grocery stores, and loudly at sports events. It is almost ever-present in the TV shows we watch. In addition to all of this, many graduate students listen to music all day in lab. Because we work so much, this means we could have music streaming […]

Lisa Learman ⋅ A Day in the Life, Perspectives in Research in the lab, Music ⋅

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