Biomedical Odyssey
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This blog is where our trainees share stories about daily life in the classroom, their experiences with residency, the research they're working on, the best parts about living in Baltimore, and tips for future medical students, trainees, and researchers. Johns Hopkins Medicine provides a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters intellectual discovery, creates and transmits innovative..
Biomedical Odyssey
5d ago
Building a family is always challenging, but for many, getting the process started can be the most difficult step. In the United States, approximately 20% of women of child-bearing age are infertile, meaning they are unable to become pregnant within a year of trying. Dealing with infertility can be a traumatic and frustrating experience, and… Read More »Putting a Freeze on IVF
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Biomedical Odyssey
1w ago
What do you imagine when you hear the word “hospital”? Chances are, you think of the classical white and sterile halls often depicted in medical dramas – a featureless environment that is nondescript to reflect the solemnity of illness. However, in the past few decades, there has been a shift in health care toward more… Read More »Medical Michelangelo: How Hospital Artwork and Design Choices can Impact Patient Outcomes
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Biomedical Odyssey
3w ago
Guest blogger Katie Pham is a neuroscience Ph.D. student interested in visual processing and memory research. She was born in Hanoi and raised in Northern California. Outside of lab, she enjoys spending time with her cats, watching Family Guy, and reading literary fiction. Our daily decisions are shaped by our brain’s selection of the most… Read More »What Birds in Love Teach Us About How the Brain Processes Competing Motivations
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Biomedical Odyssey
1M ago
What happens to us as we get older? In 1958, this deceptively simple question led Nathan Shock, then the head of gerontology at the National Institutes of Health, to create the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA). His goal was to study the process of aging by tracking volunteers over time, measuring salient changes that… Read More »Age of Enlightenment
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You Are NOT the Father – How Parthenogenesis Can Explain the Miraculous Pregnancy of a Lone Stingray
Biomedical Odyssey
1M ago
If you have been on social media lately, you might be aware of North Carolina’s newest celebrity: Charlotte, a stingray that miraculously became pregnant in an aquarium tank with no male stingrays present. Her story has gone viral, and has been covered by CNN, BBC, Scientific American and other major media outlets as people theorize… Read More »You Are NOT the Father – How Parthenogenesis Can Explain the Miraculous Pregnancy of a Lone Stingray
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Biomedical Odyssey
1M ago
“Michael hit me!” At 7 years old, that was the first sentence my older sister, Danielle, had ever spoken. Before, anything she said were one-word declarations of “juice” or “outside.” But now, Dani was speaking in complete sentences, and my mother was shocked, and elated. Eager to keep the words coming, Mom turned to me… Read More »Stigma on the Spectrum
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Biomedical Odyssey
2M ago
The incorporation of machine learning into daily living has exponentially increased in recent years after the release of ChatGPT for public use. From generating digital artwork and creating personalized playlists to predicting medical outcomes and election results, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken up an indispensable role in improving the efficiency of our recreational and professional… Read More »Disability Care and Artificial Intelligence
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Biomedical Odyssey
2M ago
The number of studies regarding how our genes work has been increasing exponentially since the Human Genome Project started more than 30 years ago. Researchers know that our DNA is more than just protein codes, and we also have important sections of our DNA that are just dedicated to regulating gene expression [1]. On the… Read More »GWAS, The Key to Your Health
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Biomedical Odyssey
2M ago
Let’s start with some honesty. I majored in history in college and learned many facts, dates and bits of information. I’d be lying if I said I now remember any significant fraction of them. But it's the themes, insights and arguments that I can’t seem to forget. I focused on environmental history, which gave me… Read More »Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Waterborne Disease and Climate Change
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Biomedical Odyssey
3M ago
We’ve come a long way from the humble pedometer. Today’s wearable technologies, such as fitness trackers and smartwatches, collect a wealth of biometric data that researchers are only beginning to explore for insights. As these devices become more sophisticated and widespread, they present intriguing possibilities for health research on a much broader scale than was… Read More »The Impact of Wearable Technologies on Health Research
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