Leroy’s blog
Leroy Sievers was a journalist who traveled the world covering wars, invasions and other conflicts. In 2005, he began a battle of his own against… Read More »Leroy’s blog
Sequencing Our Genes: What it Does and Doesn’t Do
This is the second blog in a three-part series. As technology that makes it possible to quickly sequence an individual’s whole genome becomes increasingly more available… Read More »Sequencing Our Genes: What it Does and Doesn’t Do
Sequencing our Genes: Is Cancer Written in our DNA?
This is the first blog in a three-part series about Genome Sequencing and Predicting Cancer. Technology called next generation sequencing can be used to reveal… Read More »Sequencing our Genes: Is Cancer Written in our DNA?
A Special Camp for Kids
Right about now, parents are scrambling to enroll their kids in various area summer camps. The choices abound, and for many kids, it’s the highlight… Read More »A Special Camp for Kids
Tao makes a difference
In 2009, while studying at Johns Hopkins University, Tao Wang, now age 40, was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer. After diagnosis, she began to… Read More »Tao makes a difference
Cancer News Review
Cancer headlines this past month included two studies on colonoscopy, a screening tool for colon cancer. The first study looks at the long-term benefits of… Read More »Cancer News Review
Stand Up 2 Cancer Cites Progress
Yesterday afternoon, at the American Association for Cancer Research Meeting in Chicago, more than 150 people crowded a room to hear updates on research funded… Read More »Stand Up 2 Cancer Cites Progress
Cancer News Review
Prostate cancer topics abound in the latest Cancer News Review podcast. Dr. Bill Nelson, director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, discusses Hopkins-led research, published in… Read More »Cancer News Review
The Healing Power of Music
I never thought I’d be exposed to such a wide variety of expert musicians and performers working as a communications coordinator in the Cancer Center. Through… Read More »The Healing Power of Music
The True Age of Cancer is Different Than You Might Think
I was listening to the radio as I was driving in my car, and the lyrics in the song struck me. It went something like… Read More »The True Age of Cancer is Different Than You Might Think