Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins
University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools,
the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to
the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins
communications offices.
A team led by Johns Hopkins researchers has discovered a biochemical signaling process that causes densely packed cancer cells to break away from a tumor and spread the disease elsewhere in the body.
May 26, 2017 Tags: cancer cells, cancer migration, cancer research, metastasis, tumor treatment
| Category: biology, Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Natural Sciences
A research team from the United States and Canada has developed and successfully tested new computational software that determines whether a human DNA sample includes an epigenetic add-on linked to cancer and other adverse health conditions.
February 23, 2017 Tags: biomedical engineering, cancer research, DNA methylation, nanopore sequencing, rheumatoid arthritis
| Category: biology, Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Technology
Supported by a $9-million grant from the National Cancer Institute, a diverse team led by Johns Hopkins researchers has begun looking for new ways to attack one of the scariest traits of this disease: its frequent refusal to stay in one place.
October 10, 2016 Tags: cancer and hypoxia, cancer cell migration, cancer research, metastasis, oncology
| Category: biology, Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Technology
Johns Hopkins engineers have invented a lab device to give cancer researchers an unprecedented microscopic look at metastasis, the complex way that tumor cells spread through the body, causing more than 90 percent of cancer-related deaths. By shedding light on precisely how tumor cells travel, the device could uncover new ways to keep cancer in check.
October 30, 2014 Tags: cancer migration, cancer research, how tumors spread, Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology, materials science, metastasis
| Category: Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Student-Related News, Technology
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a new mechanism that explains how cancer cells spread through extremely narrow three-dimensional spaces in the body by using a propulsion system based on water and charged particles. The finding, reported in the April 24 issue of the journal Cell, uncovers a novel way that the deadly cells use to migrate through a cancer patient’s body. The discovery may lead to new treatments that help keep the disease in check.
April 30, 2014 Tags: biomolecular engineering, cancer cells, cancer research, celll migration, metastasis, osmotic engine model
| Category: Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Technology
Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a protein “switch” that instructs cancer cells to produce their own anti-cancer medication. In lab tests, the researchers showed that these switches, working from inside the cells, can activate a powerful cell-killing drug when the device detects a marker linked to cancer. The goal, the scientists said, is to deploy a new type of weapon that causes cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing healthy tissue.
September 23, 2011 Tags: biomolecular engineering, biotechnology, cancer research, cancer treatment, chemotherapy
| Category: Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Technology
Faculty members associated with the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology have received a $13.6 million five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish a Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence.
September 8, 2010 Tags: biotechnology, cancer research, cancer treatment, nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, nanotechnology
| Category: Engineering, Medicine and Nursing, Natural Sciences, Technology
