Johns Hopkins Medicine

Federally Funded Clinical Trial Suggests Knowing HIV ‘Viral Load’ Doesn’t Improve Number of Patients Seeking Needed Care

A federally funded clinical trial suggests knowing HIV viral load (number of HIV particles in the body) doesn’t improve the ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers See Dramatic Drop in HIV-Infected Immune Cells in Patient After Cancer Treatment Received

Paper in @jclinicalinvest (bit.ly/497z6jo) by @HopkinsMedicine @JHUMed_ID finds patient living w/ #HIV has dramatic drop in ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Cell-Free DNA Could Detect Adverse Events from Immunotherapy

A noninvasive blood test to detect genetic material shed by tumors may help clinicians identify adverse events related to ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

How a Newborn at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Is Helping Future Patients with Brain Injuries

Emily Stanley of Finksburg calls her son, Weston, a “fighter.” On the day Weston was born, Stanley and her partner, Logan ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers Define Unique, Soft Tissue Benign Tumor with Bony Shell That May Previously Have Been Mistaken as Malignant

Paper in @ModernPathology (bit.ly/4ouqhoe) defines the OSET, a slow-growing, benign tumor w/ a bony shell that can be ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals from Plastics Shown to Promote a Chronic Inflammatory Skin Condition

In patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, researchers discovered evidence that hormone-disrupting chemicals commonly found in ultra-processed food packaging, such as BPA, may worsen symptoms of the ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Early Immunotherapy Shows Promising Results in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma

@hopkinskimmel study shows early immunotherapy may significantly improve outcomes for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma. › A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM): Advancing Treatment for a Dangerous Brain Tumor

If brain tumors were sharks, the glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM, would be the great white. More than any other brain cancer, GBM inspires fear because of its almost unstoppable aggression. In fact, ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Recertification Training

All researchers who are engaged in human subjects research are required to complete Human Subjects Research recertification. PIs and Study team members are required to complete HSR training ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Study: Newborn Male Circumcision Rates in U.S. Dropped Between 2012 and 2022

Research letter in @JAMAPediatrics (bit.ly/42jDKqQ) from @HopkinsMedicine @JHUPath & @JohnsHopkinsSPH shows U.S. rates for neonatal male circumcision dropped significantly from 2012-2022. @AaronTobian ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Ear Infection (Otitis Media)

About 3 out of 4 children have at least one episode of otitis media by the time they are 3 years of age. Otitis media can also affect adults, although it is primarily a condition that occurs in ...