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  September 6, 2005

 

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Washington Post
EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS FOUND TO ACQUIRE MUTATIONS
Hopkins angle: Article mentions Aravinda Chakravarti, professor and director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine.
This Washington Post article also appeared in:
Contra Costa Times (Calif.)
Buffalo News (N.Y.)
San Francisco Chronicle
Lawrence Journal-World (Kansas)

news@nature.com
GENE DEFECTS PLAGUE STEM-CELL LINES
Hopkins angle: Article mentions Aravinda Chakravarti, professor and director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine.
This news@nature.com article also appeared in:
WebIndia123.com

Hartford Courant (Conn.)
THE POWER OF THE PLACEBO
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Aravinda Chakravarti, director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS APPEAR TO CHANGE AS THEY REPLICATE
Hopkins angle: Article about a study led by Aravinda Chakravarti.

Health Day News
HEALTH HIGHLIGHTS
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Aravinda Chakravarti, professor and director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine.

New Scientist
HUMAN STEM CELLS BECOME UNSTABLE IN THE LAB
Hopkins angle: Article about a study led by Aravinda Chakravarti.

Keralanext.com (India)
EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS ACCRUE GENETIC CHANGES
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Aravinda Chakravarti, professor and director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine.

Pharmaceutical Business Review Online
MUTATIONS IN RESEARCH STEM CELLS UNCOVERED BY AFFYMETRIX TECHNOLOGY
Hopkins angle: Article mentions JHU scientists.

Times Online (UK)
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
Hopkins angle: Article about a study led by Aravinda Chakravarti.

Pravda (Russia)
BENEFITS OF STEM CELL OVER-HYPED, LEADING FERTILITY EXPERT SAYS
Hopkins angle: Article about a study led by Aravinda Chakravarti.

USA Today
SURVEY: 1.7M KIDS AT HOME WITH LOADED GUNS
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Jon Vernick, co-director of the Center for Gun Policy and Research at the SPH.
This USA Today article also appeared in:
Indianapolis Star
Tuscon Citizen

Baltimore Sun
HOPKINS HELPS FRESHMEN GET AN UNLOAD OFF THEIR MINDS
Hopkins angle: Article mentions campus security at JHU.

Baltimore Business Journal
CORONARY CONTROVERSY
Hopkins angle: Thomas Aversano, a cardiologist and professor at SoM, is quoted.
This American City Business Journals article also appeared in:
MSNBC.com

Bloomberg
BUSH CHOOSES JOHN ROBERTS AS NEXT U.S. CHIEF JUSTICE (UPDATE6)
Hopkins angle: Political science professor Joel Grossman is quoted.

Bloomberg
BUSH MAY FACE IRRECONCILABLE PRESSURES ON SECOND COURT PICK
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Joel Grossman, a constitutional law scholar and political science professor.

Inside Higher Ed
U.S. FUNDS FOR SCIENCE ROSE 9% IN 2003
Hopkins angle: Article mentions Johns Hopkins University and APL.

Newsweek
AN UNEXPECTED REPRIEVE
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Michael Boyle, director of the John Hopkins adult CF program at the SoM.

Baltimore Sun
A SPECIAL PLACE
Hopkins angle: Cultural historian Ronald Walters is quoted.

Washington Post
SWEPT AWAY
Hopkins angle: Article written by SAIS's S. Frederick Starr.

Medline plus
TECHNIQUE ENHANCES COLLAGEN'S MEDICAL USES
Hopkins angle: Michael (Seungju) Yu, a materials science professor at WSE, is quoted.

Richmond Times-Dispatch (Va.)
RAGE SURGED IN STORM'S WAKE; NOW LET'S GIVE CIVILITY A CHANCE
Hopkins angle: The Johns Hopkins Civility Project is mentioned.

Baltimore Sun
REBUILDING OFFERS NEW OPPORTUNITY
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Peter Petersen of SPSBE.

Baltimore Sun
FOR MARYLAND GUARD IN NEW ORLEANS, A CASE OF HURRY UP AND WAIT
Hopkins angle: JHH nurse and medic Shawn Cobb is quoted.

WBAL-TV
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, DOCS, NURSES HEAD SOUTH
Hopkins angle: Article talks about Gabe Kelen and his staff at the Department of Emergency Medicine who are coordinating volunteers to help people in the Gulf Coast.

ASME News Online
STUDENT MEMBERS SPEND SUMMER PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY
Hopkins angle: Article talks about mechanical engineering student Peter Lillehoj.

Deseret News (Utah)
GIFTED CHILDREN MENTALLY HEALTHY UNLESS THEY'RE PUSHED TOO HARD
Hopkins angle: Article about middle school students in the Center for Gifted and Talented Youth program.
This USA Today article also appeared in:
Red Nova

New Republic
WE'LL SURVIVE THE BIRD FLU.
Hopkins angle: Article mentions a a symposium held by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense.

Time
THE KIDNEY CONNECTION
Hopkins angle: Article talks about a kidney match system devised by JHMI transplant surgeon Dorry Segev.

Red Nova
EXPERIMENTAL DRUG MAKES LIVING WITH SCLERODERMA MANAGEABLE
Hopkins angle: Fredrick Wigley, director of Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center, was one of a team of doctors who treated patient Teri Jeansonne.

Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs
TRANSPLANT REJECTION DRUG FOR EYE DISEASE
Hopkins angle: Article mentions a study at the Wilmer Eye Institute.

Boston Globe
BIOLOGY OF CHRONIC FATIGUE GAINS FOCUS
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Hugh Calkins, director of electrophysiology at JHMI.

Durham Herald Sun (N.C.)
DUKE, UNC DOCTORS WORKING IN MISSISSIPPI
Hopkins angle: Article mentions personnel from the medical center.

Wall Street Journal
HEALTH MAILBOX
Hopkins angle: Article mention the Thyroid Tumor Center.

NorthJersey.com
HALTING THE BRAIN DRAIN
Hopkins angle: SPH researcher Michelle Carlson is quoted.

Houston Chronicle
SCIENTIST SAYS SEIZURE DRUG FLUSHES OUT DORMANT HIV
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Robert Siliciano of the SoM.

The Hill (D.C.)
BOTTOM LINE [EXCERPT]
Hopkins angle: Article mentions lobbyist Bracewell Giuliani.

Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago)
HEALTH & FITNESS
Hopkins angle: Article mentions a JHMI study of marijuana smokers.

Los Angeles Times
LIFE WITHOUT MUBARAK? UNIMAGINABLE
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Mohammed Kamal, an alumnus.

Wisconsin State Journal
UW IS UNDER CLOSE SCRUTINY
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Jonathan Patz, associate professor at the SoM.

Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio)
LIFESAVING SURGEON IS A HERO
Hopkins angle: Article about JHMI's Benjamin Carson.

Space Daily
IRON AND ICE
Hopkins angle: Senior scientist Carey Lisse is quoted.

Boston Globe
CAN CANCER PATIENTS GET SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT WITH FEWER RISKS?
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Rick Jones, director of the bone marrow transplant program.

Playbillarts.com
VIOLIST KAREN RITSCHER AND HARPSICHORDIST WEBB WIGGINS JOIN OBERLIN FACULTY
Hopkins angle: Article talks about Peabody alumnus Webb Wiggins.

Florence Morning News (South Carolina)
BENNETTSVILLE EYE CLINIC GETS TOOL TO HELP DIABETICS FIGHT BLINDNESS
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Morton Goldberg, the former chief of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Center.

Baltimore Sun
ROOM, BOARD AT HOME
Hopkins angle: Article mentions JHU students.

Maine Today
NO-NONSENSE ADVOCATE WANTS ALL TO KNOW: LITTLE PEOPLE ARE FITTING IN JUST FINE, THANKS
Hopkins angle: Article mentions JHH surgeon Michael Ain.

Hartford Courant (Conn.)
SHORT-CIRCUITING A DEADLY STROKE
Hopkins angle: Article mentions JHH.

San Francisco Business Times
GEORGE SCANGOS: CEO COMBINES BIG PHARMA EXPERIENCE, PIONEER SPIRIT
Hopkins angle: Article discusses George Scangos, who taught at JHU.

Baltimore Business Journal
CITY COMPANY GETS $750K FOR HAIRY PROBLEM
Hopkins angle: Article mentions JHU doctors.

Honolulu Advertiser
UH NEGOTIATING DRAFT CONTRACT FOR NAVY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP
Hopkins angle: Article quote Gary Ostrander of the SoM.

Scranton Times (Pa.)
BRYAN NAMED TO POST AT PENN STATE [EXCERPT]
Hopkins angle: Article talks about the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Search 2005.

Baltimore Sun
METRO DIGEST (EXCERPT)
Hopkins angle: A nonprofit foundation is asking for volunteers to renovate a closed convent for pediatric bone-marrow patients at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

Salt Lake Tribune
PLEASE FORGIVE US
Hopkins angle: Letter refers to an article written by political science professor William Connolly.

Baltimore Sun
MEMORIES PLAY ON, 10 YEARS LATER
Hopkins angle: Article mentions Lisa Lorden, an RN with JHH.

Arizona Daily Star
TINY BUBBLES' BIG SUCCESS
Hopkins angle: Article quotes Nina Ossanna, a former patent examiner who headed technology management.

Baltimore Sun
MCDANIEL STUNS NO. 14 BRIDGEWATER
Hopkins angle: Article mentions the Blue Jays.

Newsday
LOCAL COLLEGES [excerpt]
Hopkins angle: Blurb about the Johns Hopkins Tournament.

The Capital, Annapolis
COLLEGE ROUNDUP [EXCERPT]
Hopkins angle: Article mentions the Blue Jays.

Roanoke Times
BAND LEADER KEPT STAR CITY IN THE SWING
Hopkins angle: Article about Peabody alumnus Frederick Corstaphney.

Boston Globe
GEORGE K. BAER
Hopkins angle: Obituary for George Kohler Baer, an alumnus.

Baltimore Sun
VICTOR WAYNE MYRICK, 62, MUSIC EDUCATOR
Hopkins angle: Obituary for Victor Wayne Myrick, who studied at the Peabody.

Washington Post
D.C. POLICE LT. YVETTE TATE DIES AT 43
Hopkins angle: Obituary for alumna Yvette Tate.

Washington Post
OBITUARIES [EXCERPT]
Hopkins angle: Obituary for alumna Shirley Hyink Kramer.

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