2008 Woodie Awards
Receptor serves as marker, target for pancreatic cancerHopkins scientists, in a research article recently published in the Journal of Proteome Research, have found a marker for pancreatic cancer that could be targeted to cure the disease. A team led by Akhilesh Pandey and Manuel Hidalgo of the School of Medicine found aberrantly activated growth factor receptors - proteins that receive signals telling a cell to grow and multiply - to be a factor in pancreatic cancers. Post a comment |
Recent study continues water bottle controversyBisphenol A, the controversial compound present in many consumer plastics, has been linked with both heart disease and diabetes, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This new study of nearly 1,500 people is the latest development in a series of studies that have received a fury of media attention over the past few years. Post a comment |
Traveling the Universe with JHU cosmologist Adam RiessHis highways: stars and the limitless stretches of space. His fuel: philosophy's most arresting and perplexing questions of existence. His vehicle: scientific inquiry. Adam Riess confronts extreme topics with never-ending wonder. In his Bloomberg office he leans back into his chair and appears to be in intense thought, while still remaining alert and attentive in conversation. Post a comment |
Nanoparticles: the next big thing in cancer therapy?Most methods for treating cancer are so debilitating and risky that thousands of people every year choose to forgo treatment altogether. Others suffer through an array of terrible side effects in hope of being cured. It comes as no surprise that the next step in cancer treatment is a more focused approach. 1 Comment |