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'Tis the Season to Keep Kids Safe and Healthy: Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Experts Available for Interviews

As families celebrate by decking the halls, lighting menorahs and enjoying other activities, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center ...
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Novel Liver Cancer Vaccine Achieves Responses in Rare Disease Affecting Children and Young Adults

FLC is a rare liver cancer that affects approximately 500 people each year in the United States, typically healthy ...
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‘Zap-and-Freeze’ Technique Successfully Used to Watch Human Brain Cell Communication

In healthy brains, synaptic vesicles, or message-carrying bubbles within brain cells, help transfer information from cell to ...
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Early Immunotherapy Shows Promising Results in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center found that patients with advanced basal cell ...
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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital Awarded $40 Million to Accelerate Pediatric Proton Therapy

NEW: @hopkinskimmel at Sibley receives $40M to expand pediatric proton therapy. The new center will unite Hopkins, ...
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The Return of Respiratory Viruses: Experts Available at Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine experts will be available throughout the fall and winter to talk with your newsroom about the ...
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New NIH-Funded Johns Hopkins Medicine Study Finds High-Risk Individuals Who Have Mild Dilatation of the Pancreatic Duct Have Increased Risk for Pancr…

“We are identifying pancreas duct dilatation as an early sign of pancreatic cancer in high-risk individuals even when there ...
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Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Doctors Cure Young Patient of Seizures Using Keto Diet

When she was 3 years old, Alana “Lani” Silverberg was eating a cookie when she started turning blue. Her mom, Sara, thought ...
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New Tool Predicts Graft Failure After Kidney Transplant

Conversely, patients with low risk for graft failure can be discharged from the care of their transplant nephrologist and ...
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Scientists Get Detailed Look at Part of a Cellular ‘Stress’ Warning Protein

In an effort to reveal the inner workings of a protein that serves as a cell’s damage detection system, scientists at Johns ...
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Johns Hopkins Researchers Launch Projects Under the Cancer AI Alliance

The IDH gene was first discovered by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers in 2008. That discovery, along with a subsequent multicenter clinical trial, led to the 2024 FDA approval of the ...