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Probes and magnetic beads capture RNA related to SARS-CoV-2.

Scientists Are Building More Comprehensive Tests for COVID-19 – and Other Pathogens

Scientists are racing to develop better ways to detect emerging SARS-CoV-2 strains among the high number of diagnosed infections.
A slice of bone shown with holes in it against a royal blue background.

Image of the Month: Swiss Cheese for Bones

Researchers found that the soft, cartilaginous tissue in mice’s spines becomes hardened and Swiss cheese-like with age, allowing for painful nerves to infiltrate. The holes could be an opening for researchers to develop drugs to stop the painful nerve growth.
A woman wearing a light blue hairnet and scrubs, purple gloves and mask, and clear protective glasses inserts a needle into a man

Five Things You May Not Know About Vaccine Science

COVID-19 vaccines have officially arrived at health care centers and nursing homes all over the country. As the vaccines become widely available, learn more about the science behind them.
Microscope image of cells in the nose. Red stain is ACE2. The green probe is staining CK18, which is found in supporting cells and mucus glands.

Image of the Month: Losing your smell

Why do some people with COVID-19 lose their sense of smell? Researchers believe it could be because the virus first enters through a certain type of cell in our noses.
Magnifying glass enlarging an abstract digital illustration of DNA

Q&A - If Genetic Test Kits Top Your Holiday Shopping List, Here Are 5 Things You Should Know Before You Buy

Just in time for holiday shopping, when you might be thinking about giving one of the popular genetic test kits, Johns Hopkins Medicine genetic counselors provide an in-depth look behind at-home testing.
ribbon diagram of the GluD receptor

Image of the Month: GluD to a Mystery

Glutamate binds to three families of receptors. However, GluD, a fourth receptor family, does not bind to glutamate, nor does it seem to have a role in opening ion channels, leaving scientists glued to the question: What does the GluD receptor do?
headshot of neuroeconomist Daeyeol Lee

Q&A – What Is Intelligence?

Neuroeconomist Daeyeol Lee discusses his new book and the development of artificial intelligence, asking 'Will AI ever surpass human intelligence?'
anopheles mosquito

Image of the Month: A Halloween Scare

In a recent study, researchers found that humans are turning i n v i s i b l e.
history of medicine

A Historical Guide to Pandemic Responses

The first in a series of short essays act as “signposts” to highlight historical research on prior responses to rapidly spreading disease among populations. Exploring the world’s previous experience with epidemics and pandemics, these posts aim to help a general audience learn how past responses offer enduring lessons for the future.
 

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Please contact Vanessa Wasta, Fundamentals Editor, at wasta@jhmi.edu

 
 
 
 
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