News Releases
View our most current news releases below. For older news releases from Johns Hopkins visit the News Release Archive. 

KILLER COMPETITION: NEURONS DUKE IT OUT FOR SURVIVAL
Tuesday, May 6, 2008

DAILY RECORD NAMES THREE JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE WOMEN TO ITS LIST OF MARYLAND’S TOP 100 WOMEN
Monday, May 5, 2008

TIME MAGAZINE NAMES JOHNS HOPKINS PATIENT SAFETY EXPERT ONE OF WORLD’S ‘MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE’ OF 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008

News Tips from the Eyes of Innovation, 2008 Annual Meeting of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Thursday, May 1, 2008

STUDY IN 7,000 MEN AND WOMEN TIES OBESITY, INFLAMMATORY PROTEINS TO HEART FAILURE RISK
Thursday, May 1, 2008

JOHNS HOPKINS PROFESSORS ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

IMMUNE SYSTEM KICK-STARTED IN MOIST NASAL LINING IN SINUSITIS, ASTHMA AND COLDS
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

TIGHT BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL NOT ENOUGH TO TEMPER KIDNEY DISEASE IN AFRICAN AMERICANS
Monday, April 28, 2008

President Bush Meets with "Six-Way" Kidney Tranplant Team and Patients
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

HOPKINS DOCTOR URGES EARLY DIAGNOSIS TO AVOID CANCER’S “FORGOTTEN KILLER”
Monday, April 21, 2008

AMA FOUNDATION HONORS JOHNS HOPKINS PHYSICIAN AS AN OUTSTANDING LEADER IN MEDICINE
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

BLOOD VESSELS: THE PIED PIPER FOR GROWING NERVE CELLS
Thursday, April 10, 2008

HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH REVEALS EARLIEST STEP IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Wednesday, April 9, 2008

HOPKINS PERFORMS HISTORIC "SIX-WAY DOMINO" KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
Tuesday, April 8, 2008

JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL SCHOOL SETS RESEARCH AND TEACHING COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS IN GREECE
Monday, April 7, 2008

CLINICAL TRIAL VOLUNTEERS MOSTLY INDIFFERENT - BUT NOT BLIND TO - RESEARCHERS’ FINANCIAL CONFLICTS
Friday, April 4, 2008

JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HONORS 18 YOUNG INVESTIGATORS
Thursday, April 3, 2008

RESEARCHERS ID GENE LINKED TO LUNG CANCER
Wednesday, April 2, 2008

LARGE MULTI-CENTER STUDY SHOWS OLDER CORNEAS SUITABLE FOR TRANSPLANTS
Tuesday, April 1, 2008

HOPKINS RANKED IN THE TOP TIER OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
Friday, March 28, 2008

FOLATE SCORES ANOTHER WIN IN ANIMAL STUDIES: BRIEF, HIGH DOSES OF B VITAMIN BLUNT DAMAGE FROM HEART ATTACK
Thursday, March 27, 2008

LARGE MULTI-CENTER STUDY SUGGESTS NEW GENETIC MARKERS FOR CROHN’S DISEASE
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

GOOD LUCK INDEED: 53 MILLION-YEAR-OLD RABBIT’S FOOT BONES FOUND
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

SABOTAGE OF INFLAMMATION CHEMISTRY IN INJURED KIDNEY MAY TRIGGER WIDER ORGAN FAILURE
Friday, March 14, 2008

HGH and Anabolic Steroids....What's the Difference?
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

DNA DETECTIVES FIND GENETIC MARKERS FOR LUNG CANCERS MOST LIKELY TO RECUR
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

DEAN MILLER TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

PANDEMIC FLU EMERGENCY MOCK DRILL
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

RESEARCHERS ID BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTORS FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCERS
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

INVESTIGATOR ATTENDANCE AT REVIEW BOARD REVIEWS: HINDRANCE OR HELP?
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF? PERSONAL COUNSELING BEATS WEB-BASED INFORMATION
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

GENETIC RESEARCH UNVEILS COMMON ORIGINS FOR DISTINCT CLINICAL DIAGNOSES
Sunday, March 9, 2008

PACEMAKER TUNE-UP WORKS CHEMICAL WONDERS ON DAMAGED HEARTS IN DOGS
Wednesday, March 5, 2008

RISK OF SURGERY FOR LUNG CANCER LOWER AT TEACHING HOSPITALS
Tuesday, March 4, 2008

CHIEF OF MEDICINE HONORED FOR SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITING MINORITIES TO JOHNS HOPKINS
Thursday, February 28, 2008

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON JAZZ: RESEARCHERS USE MRI TO STUDY SPONTANEITY, CREATIVITY
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Autism's Origins: Mother's Antibody Production May Affect Fetal Brain
Friday, February 22, 2008

ATAXIA TREATMENT CENTER TO BE ESTABLISHED AT JOHNS HOPKINS
Friday, February 15, 2008

CHROMOSOME HIT-AND-RUN
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

"LAB ON A CHIP" MIMICS BRAIN CHEMISTRY
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

MOCK CPR "CODES" EXPOSE WEAKNESSES IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR CHILDREN
Friday, February 8, 2008

JOHNS HOPKINS RESEARCHER LEADS INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO CREATE “PROTEINPEDIA”
Thursday, February 7, 2008

BREAST-FEEDING NOW SAFER FOR INFANTS OF HIV-INFECTED MOTHERS
Monday, February 4, 2008

JOHNS HOPKINS OPENS CENTER TO TREAT SEVERE SICKLE CELL PAIN
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE WORSENS CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

HEART TRANSPLANTS: DO MORE OR DO NONE, JOHNS HOPKINS STUDY SUGGESTS
Monday, January 29, 2008

DOWNSIZED HEART AIDS BYPASS SURGERY
Monday, January 28, 2008

MODIFIED ATKINS DIET CAN CUT EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN ADULTS
Monday, January 28, 2008

MARIJUANA WITHDRAWAL AS BAD AS WITHDRAWAL FROM CIGARETTES
Thursday, January 24, 2008

HOPKINS TEAM IDENTIFIES AUTISM SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

JOHNS HOPKINS TO PARTICIPATE IN 1000 GENOMES PROJECT
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

PROTEIN CLASS DISPLAYS STRONG ANTICANCER ACTION
Monday, January 22, 2008

KIDNEY CYSTS: NOT ALL CREATED EQUAL
Thursday, January 17, 2008

JOHNS HOPKINS’ VICTOR MCKUSICK WINS PRESTIGIOUS ‘JAPAN PRIZE’
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

TOXOPLASMA INFECTION INCREASES RISK OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, STUDY SUGGESTS
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

RUBBER GLOVES: "BORN" - AND NOW BANISHED - AT JOHNS HOPKINS
Monday, January 14, 2008

TRUST BETWEEN DOCTORS AND PATIENTS IS CULPRIT IN EFFORTS TO CROSS RACIAL DIVIDE IN MEDICAL RESEARCH
Monday, January 14, 2008

WAYS TO IMPROVE INFORMED CONSENT ARE TESTABLE, STUDY SAYS
Friday, January 11, 2008

STORY IDEAS FROM THE JOHNS HOPKINS' "A WOMAN'S JOURNEY" CONFERENCE
Thursday, January 10, 2008

CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE TO SPEAK  AT ANNUAL HOPKINS EVENT HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Wednesday, January 8, 2008

WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS: HOPKINS RESEARCHERS PAINT PICTURE OF CANCER-PROMOTING CULPRIT
Friday, January 4, 2008

GENE DOSE AFFECTS TUMOR GROWTH
Thursday, January 3, 2008

PROTEIN A POSSIBLE KEY TO ALLERGY AND ASTHMA CONTROL
Wednesday, January 2, 2008

"SWISH-AND-SPIT" TEST ACCURATE FOR CANCER
Tuesday, January 1, 2008

OBESE PATIENTS WAIT LONGER FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS, RESEARCH SUGGESTS
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

NEW JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER TREATS THOSE WITH MYSTERIOUS BUT CONTROLLED STOMACH DISEASES
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

OLDER ANTIBIOTIC GAINS NEW RESPECT AS POTENT TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS
Monday, December 17, 2007

PAIN TREATMENT IN THE FIELD: GOOD FOR SOLDIERS’ COMFORT AND BETTER FOR REBUILDING TROOP STRENGTH
Monday, December 17, 2007

Milk and Egg Allergies Harder To Outgrow, Hopkins Study Shows
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

MORE “FUNCTIONAL” DNA IN GENOME THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

KEEPING AT-RISK CELLS FROM DEVELOPING CANCER
Monday, December 10, 2007

SILENCING SMALL BUT MIGHTY CANCER INHIBITORS
Monday, December 10, 2007

“EPIGENETIC” MARKS A CLUE TO MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN
Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Hopkins TB Fighters Make Esquire's "Best And Brightest" List
Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Hopkins Children's Receives $1 Million Grant From The Gates Foundation To Build TB Bacterium Tracker
Monday, December 3, 2007

JOHNS HOPKINS INSTALLS FIRST 320-SLICE CT SCANNER IN NORTH AMERICA
Monday, November 26, 2007

OBESITY-LINKED HIGH BLOOD VOLUMES RENDER PSA PROSTATE CANCER TEST LESS EFFECTIVE, STUDY SUGGESTS
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

$1.5 MILLION CINQUE FOUNDATION GRANT GOES TO ALS DRUG RESEARCH AT JOHNS HOPKINS PACKARD CENTER
Friday, November 16, 2007

Hopkins Diabetes Experts Available
Friday, November 9, 2007

PATIENT SAFETY EXPERTS ADVANCE INTERNAL HOSPITAL SAFETY RATING SYSTEM
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

LUNGS PRESSURE NEEDN’T THREATEN HEART TRANSPLANT SURVIVAL
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT LINKED TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PROGRESSION
Monday, November 5, 2007

RESULTS OF DEFINITIVE STUDY ARE IN: LIVES ARE SAVED WHEN DEFIBRILLATORS ARE PLACED IN LARGE PUBLIC SPACES
Monday, November 5, 2007

HIGH-TECH CT SCANS: NOT A BAD CHOICE TO TEST FOR CLOGGED ARTERIES
Monday, November 5, 2007

Urban Kids With Asthma Need More Frequent Check-ups, Hopkins Study Suggests
Monday, November 5, 2007

AGING HEART CHANGES SHAPE, SHRINKS AND LOSES PUMPING FUNCTION TOO
Sunday, November 4, 2007

MIROWSKI FAMILY FOUNDATION GIVES $1.5 MILLON TO JOHNS HOPKINS HEART INSTITUTE
Thursday, November 1, 2007