Biomedical Odyssey

Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

A confident senior woman smiles at a female healthcare professional during an annual physical exam.

Reflections on Aging and Geriatrics

February 8, 2022

As a third-year medical student in my mid-20s, there are many privileges associated with youth that I take for granted. In the winter of 2021, however, I elected to spend several weeks pursuing a rotation in geriatric psychiatry. I spent hours talking to older patients — in clinic, over the phone, in the inpatient unit […]

Isabella Pan ⋅ A Day in the Life aging, geriatrics, medical student, Patient Care ⋅

Illustration of different stages of human life

From Gilgamesh to Biotech: The Unending Quest for Longevity

November 30, 2021

What does healthy aging mean? Why do so many search for longevity? A medical student reflects on geriatrics and age-related diseases.

Jeong Jun Kim ⋅ A Day in the Life aging, biotechnology, geriatrics ⋅

osteoarthritis

Out with the Old, in with Repaired Joints

October 26, 2017

Osteoarthritis (OA) is not only the most common chronic condition of the joints, but also the most common type of arthritis, affecting approximately 27 million Americans.1 The prevalence of OA increases with age,2 and elderly patients experience swelling, pain and decreased mobility. Currently, there is no cure for this degenerative joint disease, and the only […]

Yazmin Rovira Gonzalez ⋅ Perspectives in Research aging ⋅

Cropped composite image of a woman when she was young and old

Genetic Double-Agents Are Making You Old

October 12, 2017

We’re getting old. Unprecedented advances in biomedical research and technology over the last century have increased the average human lifespan in the United States by over 50 percent.1 And with more people enrolling in Medicare than prenatal partner yoga, it is vital to understand and improve the health of the aging population. Unfortunately, getting older […]

Eduardo Martínez-Montes ⋅ A Day in the Life aging, Human Genetics ⋅

Progeria Effects in Cells Improved with an Antioxidant Found in Broccoli

June 30, 2015

The famed Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon once traveled to the New World in search of the mythical Fountain of Youth. Hundreds of years later, we are still fascinated by youth and aging. Though not on a quest for a source of youth, scientists today are seeking to learn about the aging process in […]

Xuan Pham ⋅ Perspectives in Research aging, antioxidants, broccoli, broccoli sprouts, cell death, Cells, DNA, fibroblasts, HGPS, Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, LMNA gene, progeria, progerin, protein, sulforphane ⋅

Scientists Discover Widespread Age-Associated ‘Fingerprints’ in the Human Brain

February 25, 2015

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the Lieber Institute and Johns Hopkins has discovered more than 50,000 regions of the genome that show different levels of activity in the brain across six stages of human development. Their report1, published online on Dec. 15 in Nature Neuroscience, highlights the complexity of genes associated with brain growth […]

Alisa Mo ⋅ Perspectives in Research aging, Brain, RNA ⋅

Subscribe to the Blog

Introduction

  • About This Blog
  • Meet the Authors
  • Do You Want to Write for Us?

Blog Categories

  • A Day in the Life
  • Events and Happenings
  • Honor Roll
  • Perspectives in Research

More About the School of Medicine

  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Life at Hopkins
  • Training at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Archives