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(Elsevier Health Sciences) DNA sequencing to detect genetic mutations can aid in the diagnosis and selection of treatment for cancer.

Current methods of testing DNA samples, Sanger sequencing and pyrosequencing, occasionally produce complex results that can be difficult or impossible to interpret.

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a free software program, Pyromaker, that can more accurately identify such complex genetic mutations.

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Researchers found that actively identifying undiagnosed malaria and then treating those with the disease resulted in significantly lower prevalence of malaria cases compared to a control group.

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) A study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research finds that the number of guns that were subsequently linked to crime sold by Badger Guns & Ammo, a Milwaukee-area gun shop, increased dramatically after Congress adopted measures likely to reduce the risks gun dealers face if they divert guns to criminals.

The study is the first to examine the impact of these amendments on the diversion of guns to criminals.

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Vaccination coverage estimates can be improved by combining administrative data with survey data.

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(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Alcohol-related fatal motor vehicle crashes in the US are much lower among drivers with Canadian licenses than drivers with US or Mexican licenses.

Research from other countries finds foreign drivers are at greater risk of crashes than native drivers. In contrast, this study shows that drivers licensed in Mexico and Canada who were involved in fatal crashes in the US had the same or less alcohol impairment than US-licensed drivers.

We just discussed how leaders of big health care corporations with histories of ethical and legal missteps want to export our supposedly "wonderful technology, wonderful approaches" to the rest of the world.  A story on the Huffington Post showed how big health care corporations, partnering with the US government, have already been doing that with not very pretty results

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Racial differences in social environments explained a significant portion of disparities typically found in national data.

(Johns Hopkins University) Researchers have devised a protein "switch" that instructs cancer cells to produce their own anti-cancer medication.

(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found a protein normally involved in blood pressure regulation in a surprising place: tucked within the little "power plants" of cells, the mitochondria.

The quantity of this protein appears to decrease with age, but treating older mice with the blood pressure medication losartan can increase protein numbers to youthful levels, decreasing both blood pressure and cellular energy usage