Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The human innate immune system is one of our body’s broadest defense mechanisms against infection. One familiar innate immune response we’ve all experienced is inflammation,… Read More »Johns Hopkins Scientists Uncover Link Between Inflammation and Autoimmune Disorders
The CRISPR/Cas9 wave that’s recently swept through the scientific community is now churning up a storm of controversy in its wake. Due to its relatively… Read More »Recent CRISPR/Cas9 Research Ignites Ethical Concerns
As some of the most impressively gargantuan creatures to ever roam the earth, dinosaurs are a constant source of intrigue and inspiration. In the latest… Read More »The Genetic Reality of a Jurassic World
What comes to mind when you hear the word “contagious”? For most of us, it’s infectious agents, such as viruses and bacteria. However, recent evidence… Read More »Columbia Researchers Discover Contagious Cancer in Clams
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… Read More »Progeria Effects in Cells Improved with an Antioxidant Found in Broccoli
I remember the day I first met Carolina Montano, a fellow student in the Johns Hopkins M.D./Ph.D. program. It was toward the beginning of my… Read More »Carolina Montano: From Political Asylum to Johns Hopkins M.D./Ph.D.
Peruse through a few articles from major journals and you’d likely come across a new buzzword: CRISPR/Cas9. Short for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated… Read More »Johns Hopkins Tackles Genome Editing with CRISPR/Cas9 Symposium
When attempting to elucidate the function of biological macromolecules, visual representations can be extremely useful tools. Often, these tools can help pinpoint the structural origin… Read More »Snapshot of a DNA Photocopier in ‘Hibernate’ Mode Reveals Potential Origin for Dwarfism
In late March 2015, Angelina Jolie penned a new op-ed, “Diary of a Surgery,” in which she detailed her continued struggles with hereditary cancer risks.… Read More »BRCA Testing: The Hidden Cost of Knowledge