Johns Hopkins University - A stunning 3D map of blood vessels and cells in a mouse skull could help scientists make new bones [Medical Xpress, November 2021]

Title:

A stunning 3D map of blood vessels and cells in a mouse skull could help scientists make new bones 

 

By:

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

Published:

Medical Xpress, 18 November 2021

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-stunning-3d-blood-vessels-cells.html

 

From the article:

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have used glowing chemicals and other techniques to create a 3D map of the blood vessels and self-renewing "stem" cells that line and penetrate a mouse skull. The map provides precise locations of blood vessels and stem cells that scientists could eventually use to repair wounds and generate new bone and tissue in the skull.

 

Johns Hopkins University - Researchers engineer tiny machines that deliver medicine efficiently

Title:

Researchers engineer tiny machines that deliver medicine efficiently

 

By:

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

Published:

Medical Xpress, 3 November 2020

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-tiny-machines-medicine-efficiently.html

 

From the article:

Inspired by a parasitic worm that digs its sharp teeth into its host's intestines, Johns Hopkins researchers have designed tiny, star-shaped microdevices that can latch onto intestinal mucosa and release drugs into the body.

David Gracias, Ph.D., a professor in the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, and Johns Hopkins gastroenterologist Florin M. Selaru, M.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, led a team of researchers and biomedical engineers that designed and tested shape-changing microdevices that mimic the way the parasitic hookworm affixes itself to an organism's intestines.

Scientists detect widespread structures near Earth’s core - first comprehensive view of the core-mantle boundary over a wide area

Title:
Scientists detect widespread structures near Earth’s core

Published:
National Herald, 13 June 2020
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/science-and-tech/scientists-detect-widespread-structures-near-earths-core

From the article:
Analysing thousands of recordings of seismic waves, or sound waves travelling through the Earth, scientists have detected widespread, heterogenous structures - areas of unusually dense, hot rock - at the core-mantle boundary than previously known.

COVID-19 Q&A with Professor Amesh Adalja from Johns Hopkins University [Video 33:01] - Worth watching!

Title of video:
COVID-19 Q&A with Professor Amesh Adalja from Johns Hopkins University

Published:
Jerm Warfare, 4 June 2020 [Video 33:01]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjvS9rrhPOY

Description:
"Dr. Adalja is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. His work is focused on emerging infectious disease, pandemic preparedness, and biosecurity."

Examples of questions answered:
What makes Covid-19 worst than flu?
What are effective mitigation measures?
Does this virus enjoy flat surfaces?
How effective are face shields compared to home-made cloth masks?
What is the role of children in epidemiology?
Does this virus prefer cold weather?
What is science showing about herd immunity?
How long does it take to develop a vaccine?

Blog owner's notes:
* This is a well-executed interview with Dr. Adalja covering a wide range of questions related to the Covid-19 pandemic. A very informative discussion.

* Wonder what is Dr Adalja's opinion re the retraction of the scholarly article (published in Lancet) titled Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine [SciTechDaily, 25 May 2020] - Alpha Blockers to Ease Severe COVID-19 Symptoms by Preventing ‘Cytokine Storm’

Title:
Alpha Blockers to Ease Severe COVID-19 Symptoms by Preventing ‘Cytokine Storm’

By:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Published:
SciTechDaily, 25 May 2020
https://scitechdaily.com/alpha-blockers-to-ease-severe-covid-19-symptoms-by-preventing-cytokine-storm/

From the article:
"For some COVID-19 patients, the body’s immune response may be as destructive as the virus that causes the disease. The persistent high fevers, severe respiratory distress, and lung damage seen in some critically ill patients are all signs of an immune system in overdrive.  

Now, a new clinical trial will test a treatment that targets this overactive immune response, says Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Bert Vogelstein. He and his team at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are currently recruiting individuals for the trial, which includes patients ages 45 to 85 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital who have COVID-19 but who aren’t on a ventilator or in the ICU."

Johns Hopkins University (ScienceAlert, 16 March 2020) - Johns Hopkins Experts Are Trying a Clever Antibody Method From The 1890s on COVID-19.

Title:
Johns Hopkins Experts Are Trying a Clever Antibody Method From The 1890s on COVID-19

Author:
Peter Dockrill

Published:
ScienceAlert, 16 March 2020

From the article:
"Blood from recovered coronavirus patients could be used in a vital stop-gap treatment to help protect humanity from the COVID–19 pandemic currently spreading around the world, researchers propose.  

In a new paper, infectious disease experts explain how viral antibodies, contained in the blood serum of patients who have already recovered from the new coronavirus, could then be injected into other people, offering them short-term protection."

To read this article:
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-classic-therapy-from-the-1890s-could-help-protect-against-coronavirus-experts-say

Short Article: Johns Hopkins Displaces Harvard as Top Fundraiser in Record Year

Title:
Johns Hopkins Displaces Harvard as Top Fundraiser in Record Year

Author:
Janet Lorin

Published:
Yahoo, 5 February 2020

From the article:
"Johns Hopkins University dislodged Harvard University as the top fundraiser among U.S. colleges, fueled by a $1.8 billion donation from Michael Bloomberg."

To read this article: 
https://news.yahoo.com/johns-hopkins-displaces-harvard-top-130000981.html