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Nobel Laureate Hamilton Smith, Who Discovered Molecular ‘Scissors’ to Cut DNA, Dies at 94

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...
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Protein Plays Unexpected Dual Role in Protecting Brain from Oxidative Stress Damage

New research from Johns Hopkins Medicine shows that the enzyme biliverdin reductase A (BVRA) plays a direct protective role against oxidative stress in neurons, independent of its role producing the ...
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Raising Diabetes Awareness: Johns Hopkins Medicine Adult and Pediatric Experts Available to Discuss

Adult and pediatric experts from @HopkinsMedicine, @EndoHopkins, and @HopkinsKids are available all month to raise diabetes awareness and discuss how the disease impacts adults and children.
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November Is Palliative Care Month

Experts say there is a growing intersection of patients with serious, life-limiting illnesses and addiction medicine, and in response, Johns Hopkins Medicine is now teaching generalist addiction ...
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Sick Sinus Syndrome

What is sick sinus syndrome? Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a disease in which the heart's natural pacemaker located in the upper right heart chamber (right atrium) becomes damaged and is no longer able ...