May

East-side biopark gets a big boost
The Baltimore Sun
A decade-long effort to create a biotechnology park at Johns Hopkins in East Baltimore received a boost Wednesday when a new research institute that will be led by several renowned scientists announced plans to establish its headquarters there. Read More...

April

Vatican, University of Maryland enter stem cell research partnership
The Baltimore Sun
The Vatican will finance new research, led by the University of Maryland's School of Medicine, into the potential use of adult stem cells in the treatment of intestinal and possibly other diseases, officials announced Friday. 
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March

February

University of Maryland President Dan Mote to retire
Washington Business Journal
University of Maryland President C.D. “Dan” Mote Jr. will retire Aug. 31 after 12 years of service in that post.  Mote, 73, will stay on in his academic appointment as the Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering at the university’s A. James Clark School of Engineering.   Read More...

January

Vaccine Appears to 'Mop Up' Leukemia Cells Gleevec Leaves Behind, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Study
ScienceDaily
Researchers say preliminary studies show that a vaccine made with leukemia cells may be able to reduce or eliminate the last remaining cancer cells in some chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients taking the drug Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec).
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Old Antidepressant Offers Promise In Treating Heart Failure, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Study
Press Release
A team of Johns Hopkins and other researchers have found in animal experiments that an antidepressant developed over 40 years ago can blunt and even reverse the muscle enlargement and weakened pumping function associated with heart failure. Read More

Quitting Smoking Carries Diabetes Risk, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Study
Los Angeles Times
Smoking raises the risk of diabetes, but new research indicates that -- at least in the short term -- kicking the habit increases the risk even more.
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Before Or After Birth, Gene Linked To Mental Health Has Different Effects, Johns Hopkins University Study
EureKAlert!
Scientists have long eyed mutations in a gene known as DISC1 as a possible contributor to schizophrenia and mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder. Now, new research led by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests that perturbing this gene during prenatal periods, postnatal periods or both may have different effects in mice, leading to separate types of brain alterations and behaviors with resemblance to schizophrenia or mood disorders.
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