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Single Nutrient Fuels Cancer-Fighting Power of T Cells

Using a variety of laboratory and animal models, the team found that cysteine fuels the production of the antioxidant ...
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New NIH-Funded Johns Hopkins Medicine Study Finds Switching to Integrase Inhibitors from Protease Inhibitors Is Associated with New Diabetes Risk in People w…

“Prior studies have looked at diabetes risk in new users of integrase strand transfer inhibitors,” Hwang explained. “Our ...
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Hope for Huntington's Disease

“It’s tough to watch everybody get sick,” she adds. “You live in constant worry.” ...
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Johns Hopkins Team Develops Therapeutic, Nasally Delivered DNA Vaccine for Tuberculosis

In a paper published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a research team at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns ...
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HIV Infections Would Increase by 10% Average if CDC Funding for HIV Testing Ends, NIH-Funded Johns Hopkins Medicine Study Predicts

New @HopkinsMedicine study finds #HIV infections would increase by 10% average if CDC funding for HIV testing ends. › Timely HIV diagnosis and treatment are critical to preventing transmission. To ...
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Study Finds Rising Rates of Electric Scooter Injuries, with Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Those Harmed

As electric scooters (e-scooters) become more available in cities and urban areas, injuries are becoming more common. Research from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center researchers finds that Black and ...
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Our Team of POTS Specialists

Our POTS team of specialists offers expertise in several fields, including physical medicine and rehabilitation and neuromuscular diseases. We also work closely with specialists in gastroenterology, ...
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The Academy at Johns Hopkins, East Baltimore Campus

The Academy at Johns Hopkins, East Baltimore Campus supports the continued research, teaching and service of retired faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins ...
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Pulmonary Function Tests

What are pulmonary function tests? Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are tests that show how well your lungs are working. The tests measure lung volume, capacity, rates of flow, and gas exchange. This ...
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Food Allergies

Your body’s immune system fights off infections and other dangers to keep you healthy. When your immune system senses that a food or something in a food is a “danger” to your health, you have a food ...
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Upholding the Highest Bioethical Standards

The story portrayed in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks points to several important bioethical issues, including informed consent, medical records privacy, and communication with tissue donors and ...
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Cost of Attendance

Financial Aid cost of attendance (COA), student budgets, are constructed using the following categories which are comprised of what is referred to as "direct educational costs" charged to all students ...