Most new drugs tested on mice don't work on humans, because we're "not 150-pound rats," says Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School's Dr. Thomas Hartung. He and his team believe the "mini-brains" they've designed and grown in the lab are better test subject...
Johns Hopkins grows tiny brains in petri dishes for lab testing
Most new drugs tested on mice don't work on humans, because we're "not 150-pound rats," says Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School's Dr. Thomas Hartung. He and his team believe the "mini-brains" they've designed and grown in the lab are better test subject...
Today on In Case You Missed It: Johns Hopkins University researchers surgically repositioned a patient's nerves and also implanted a prosthetic adapter to use mind control on his prosthetic arm. French researchers learned that common ants are able...
Controlling Call of Duty or flying a drone isn't all the Myo armband can do. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are employing the muscle-sensing wearable for a different application: prosthetics. With two of the gadgets, a patient is able contro...
Arms and legs aren't the only appendages that American servicemen lose to IEDs but, thanks to a pioneering surgical technique, injured soldiers will soon have the option of replacing their war-damaged wedding tackle. A team of surgeons from Johns Hop...
Apple wanted to make data gathering easier for medical researchers with ResearchKit. According to the company, since the launch of the open-source platform earlier this year, over 100,000 participants have already shared their health data with a ho...