News Type: Research
There’s a shortage of entomologists. AI can help.
In an evolutionary paradox, one of the world's most ancient predators might meet its match in one of humankind's most modern advances: mosquito vs. artificial intelligence.
Pancreatic cells remember epigenetic precancerous marks without genetic sequence mutations
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic “marks” in a transition state between normal and pancreatic cancer cells in mice, and that the normal cells may keep at least a temporary “memory” of those cancer-linked marks.
Research Matters: America’s med tech pipeline is fueled by federal support
An NIH-funded partnership between Johns Hopkins and Howard University speeds the development of medical devices addressing neurological disorders that affect more than a billion people.
Research Matters: Epilepsy relief relies on research
With NIH support, biomedical engineer Sri Sarma develops neurotechnologies to improve understanding and treatment of epilepsy.
Research Matters: America’s support for cutting-edge research is a smart investment
Federal funding for biomedical research pays off by enabling basic discoveries that lead to lifesaving treatments, writes Jeff Coller, whose lab is developing new ways to treat rare genetic diseases.
Research Matters: Engineering the future of diabetes treatment
Biomedical engineer Joshua Doloff uses federal funding to pioneer immunotherapies that could free diabetes patients from insulin dependence.
Research Matters: Earlier, better treatments for Alzheimer’s
Federally funded research at Johns Hopkins offers new avenues for detecting brain disease long before it strikes.
Scientists design experimental protein booster for rare genetic diseases
Johns Hopkins Medicine laboratory scientists say they have developed a potential new way to treat a variety of rare genetic diseases marked by too low levels of specific cellular proteins.
Research Matters: Science is worth standing up for
What if 30% of the medicines you and your loved ones depend on were never invented? Between 2001 and 2019,...
Bionic hand ‘knows’ what it’s touching, grasps like a human
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers pioneer a bionic hand that carefully conforms and adjusts its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds.
Research Matters: Harnessing the body’s natural defense to fight illnesses
Biomedical engineer Jamie Spangler and her team at Johns Hopkins develop innovative treatments for autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other complex diseases.
Balancing Act: New research reveals how the brain keeps you on your feet
New research reveals how special cerebellum neurons work together to keep you steady.
Allergy journey sparks BME graduate student’s research
Mission to develop a long-term allergy treatment is deeply personal for BME PhD student Ian McKnight, who has lived with severe allergies most of his life .
New epilepsy tool could cut misdiagnoses by nearly 70% using routine EEGs
Created by Johns Hopkins researchers, EpiScalp could significantly reduce false positives and spare patients from medication side effects, driving restrictions, and other quality-of-life challenges linked to misdiagnoses.
AI-written patient messages could boost innovation in clinical care, study shows
Johns Hopkins researchers shows that LLMs can generate realistic patient data for training AI without compromising individual privacy.
New AI tool pinpoints gene splicing with unmatched precision
A recent innovation from Johns Hopkins researchers enables deeper insights into gene function and disease-linked mutations.
New AI cracks complex engineering problems faster than supercomputers
The shape-shifting technological solution by Johns Hopkins researchers could be a game-changer for engineering designs.
Johns Hopkins team awarded funding for noninvasive anemia test
The 1.7M grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help researchers to develop a low-cost, point-of-care tool for anemia screening.
Computational tool developed to predict immunotherapy outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer
Using computational tools, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a method to assess which patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer could benefit from immunotherapy.
Scientists engineer ‘glowing’ gel to improve eye surgery
Innovation tackles long-standing challenge in cataract procedures by making surgical materials visible under blue light.
Hopkins joins Cancer AI Alliance
Johns Hopkins and Kimmel Cancer Center researchers collaborate on big data science.
Can AI improve how we handle obesity care?
Using a cutting-edge AI technique, Johns Hopkins researchers present a potential clinical tool to predict waist circumference and identify patients at risk for obesity complications.
Journal selects Hopkins BME research for cover
Immunoengineering research by Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers was recently featured on the cover of the journal JCI Insight.
Low gravity in space travel found to disrupt normal rhythm in heart muscle cells
New research from Johns Hopkins find that heart tissues aboard the space station beat about half as strong as on Earth.
BME Design Team’s innovation aims to improve patient outcomes after peripheral nerve damage
The innovation is a set of electrodes designed to work without having to move or lift the nerve during evaluation, promising to reduce patient injury and inaccurate readings.
New tool blends classic math and AI to tackle complex challenges
Learned Proximal Networks offer reliable solutions for tasks like image restoration, reconstruction of medical scans, and other estimation problems.
JHU-led internship program opens doors for students with hearing loss
NIDCD-funded program aims to engage and empower students with hearing loss by giving them summer internships in hearing sciences labs.
VectorCam: Fighting malaria one image at a time
Hopkins biomedical engineers pioneer the development of VectorCam, a device that lets someone with minimal training identify mosquito species in a matter of seconds.
Fatal opioid overdoses lower U.S. life expectancy by nearly a year, study finds
New study sheds light on the scope of opioid-related deaths during the COVID pandemic, including sharply rising totals among young minorities.
News Brief: Sarma, Beer research featured in JHU Engineering Magazine
Research projects from Sri Sarma and Michael Beer are featured in the Spring 2024 JHU Engineering's Magazine, in an article titled "Delivering on the Promise of Personalized Medicine."