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Copper's previously unknown exit strategy
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have long known that the body rids itself of excess copper and various other minerals by collecting them in the liver and excreting them through the liver’s bile. However, a new study led ...
Medical research
Jul 13, 2012 |
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Improved outcomes in pediatric liver transplants don't have to mean higher cost
(Medical Xpress) -- A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of patients who received liver transplants from living donors has found that better outcomes need not come with a heftier price tag.
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Jul 10, 2012 |
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Next front in worldwide AIDS battle: Stretching use of anti-HIV drugs
(Medical Xpress) -- A Johns Hopkins expert in the drug treatment of HIV disease and AIDS is spearheading an international effort to radically shift the manufacturing and prescribing of combination therapies widely credited ...
HIV & AIDS
Jul 06, 2012 |
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Study: persistent pain still common in hospitalized children
(Medical Xpress) -- Despite advances in the understanding and treatment of pediatric pain, many hospitalized children continue to experience serious pain, according to a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study published ...
Pediatrics
Jul 03, 2012 |
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Specialized MRI scans assess value of anti-cancer chemotherapy long before tumors shown to shrink
(Medical Xpress) -- Faster assay for targeted chemotherapy’s success against deadly liver cancer saves lives, and could speed lifesaving switch to alternative drug therapies for well-known pancreatic cancer.
Cancer
Jun 27, 2012 |
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Citizen science: Study allows thousands to test gut sense for numbers
(Medical Xpress) -- A first-of-its kind study using the World Wide Web to collect data from more than 10,000 study subjects ages 11 to 85 found that humans’ inborn “number sense” improves ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 26, 2012 |
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'Master molecule' may improve stem cell treatment of heart attacks
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a single protein molecule may hold the key to turning cardiac stem cells into blood vessels or muscle tissue, a finding that may lead to better ways to treat heart attack patients.
Cardiology
Jun 20, 2012 |
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Antibacterials in personal-care products linked to allergy risk in children
(Medical Xpress) -- Exposure to common antibacterial chemicals and preservatives found in soap, toothpaste, mouthwash and other personal-care products may make children more prone to a wide range of food and environmental ...
Immunology
Jun 19, 2012 |
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Researchers determine pathway for origin of most common form of brain and spinal cord tumor
(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered one of the most important cellular mechanisms driving the growth and progression of meningioma, the most common form of brain and spinal cord tumor. A ...
Cancer
Jun 13, 2012 |
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Fruit flies reveal mechanism behind ALS-like disease
(Medical Xpress) -- Studying how nerve cells send and receive messages, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered new ways that genetic mutations can disrupt functions in neurons and lead to neurodegenerative ...
Neuroscience
Jun 12, 2012 |
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Neural protective protein has two faces
(Medical Xpress) -- A protein produced by the central nervous system’s support cells seems to play two opposing roles in protecting nerve cells from damage, an animal study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests: Decreasing ...
Neuroscience
May 30, 2012 |
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Surgical site infections more likely in patients with history of skin infection
(Medical Xpress) -- People with a past history of just a single skin infection may be three times more likely to develop a painful, costly — and potentially deadly — surgical site infection (SSI) when they have ...
Surgery
May 30, 2012 |
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New prostate cancer screening guidelines face a tough sell, study suggests
(Medical Xpress) -- Recent recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) advising elimination of routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer in healthy men are likely to encounter ...
Cancer
May 25, 2012 |
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Grassroots "networks" succeed in recruiting kidney donors, Hopkins program shows
Johns Hopkins researchers say a program they developed that uses personal advocates and community networks to find organ donors for friends and loved ones who need kidney transplants resulted in success for nearly half of ...
Other
May 23, 2012 |
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Newly discovered protein makes sure brain development isn't 'botched'
(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered a protein that appears to play an important regulatory role in deciding whether stem cells differentiate into the cells that make up the brain, as well as countless ...
Neuroscience
May 22, 2012 |
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