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Revitalization plan for Chesapeake in the works

Leaders from Baltimore and other parts of Maryland are uniting to restore the Chesapeake Bay and associated rivers and wetlands. The Chesapeake Bay watershed is one of the largest and most ecologically important of its kind in the United States. The watershed has been under increasing threat for decades due to pollution, development and overfishing, among other things.… Post the First Comment

New technique follows fates of stem cells

A team of researchers from the School of Medicine has created a novel way to image stem cells for transplantation therapies. The inability to track stem cells after they have been implanted into the body has been a major stumbling block to advancing the medical use of the promising cells.… Post the First Comment

Neuronal cross-talk implicated in disease

Everyone knows that neurons talk to each other - that's their main job. But neurons also talk to the cells around them. The communication between neurons and support cells is important for the healthy functioning of the brain. But does it play a role in disease too? Jeffrey Rothstein, a professor of neurology and neuroscience, shows that the failure of this communication can indeed contribute to neurological illness.… Post the First Comment

Magnetic vaccines track immunization process

Scientists at the School of Medicine have developed a new method to track how efficiently vaccines are delivered to the body. Previously it was often unclear how a vaccine injection worked in the body and whether it was doing what it was intended to do. The Hopkins team has developed the first effective and noninvasive method to track the vaccine particles as they travel through your body to induce immunity.… 2 Comments


Are women born with all of their eggs?

Controversial study suggests ovaries can generate new eggs, potentially challenging dogma

Females are born with all the eggs they will ever have: You learned this in middle school biology, again in high school and maybe even one more time at Hopkins. Now, however, researchers in Shanghai are challenging this long-held biological doctrine. They claim to have taken newly-created egg cells from an adult mouse ovary, and then implanted them in another mouse that subsequently gave birth to a litter from these cells. Post a comment

Bioethanol: A drain on agricultural water resources

In the United States, about 9 billion gallons of bioethanol are produced each year. This bioethanol, derived from corn and other plants, is mixed into the gasoline supply to fuel cars and trucks across the nation. As a clean-burning alternative to oil, gasoline and natural gas, bioethanol is widely seen as a necessary step in our nation's move to sustainable energy usage. Post a comment

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