Johns Hopkins study identifies gene mechanism in most aggressive kidney cancers

Johns Hopkins scientists engineer nanoparticles able to seek and destroy diseased immune cells

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a simplified version of biodegradable nanoparticles that can “educate” the immune system to find and destroy disease-causing cells throughout the body.

March 13, 2026

Vol.52 No.10

Vasan Yegnasubramanian: How AI is transforming cancer research and treatment

Vasan Yegnasubramanian, MD, PhD, is the director of Precision inHealth Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He spoke with Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center communications staff about how AI is transforming cancer research and treatment. The transcript of the conversation follows.

March 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.09

By John’s Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Communications

Clinical Roundup

Johns Hopkins investigators create open source database to more easily study cancer data

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University have created a novel database structure that allows investigators anywhere to more easily study multiple types of cancer data—including laboratory results, genetic sequencing and imaging data—in one setting.

March 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.09

Clinical Roundup

AI-based liquid biopsy may detect liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and broader chronic disease signals, Johns Hopkins researchers find

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center report that an artificial intelligence-based liquid biopsy test using genome-wide cell-free DNA fragmentation patterns and repeat landscapes can detect early liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, and may also reveal signals of broader chronic disease burden.

March 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.09

Black History Month Podcast

Malcolm V. Brock on his journey from Bermuda to Japan to the U.S. to England–and from Japanese studies to thoracic oncology
“When it gets down to brass tacks, relationships between each other, we’re all one.”

Malcolm V. Brock, director of Clinical and Translational Research in Thoracic Surgery at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, grew up in Bermuda. His father insisted that his children branch outside the small island—the country has a population of just over 60,000 people—and challenge themselves abroad.

February 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.07

By Malcolm V. Brock, Robert A. Winn and Preston Willett

Clinical Roundup

Exposure to pathogenic bacteria significantly increased SMOX activity, leading growth and metastasis of breast cancer, JHU-led study finds

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have discovered how certain pathogenic bacteria in gut and breast tissue can promote breast cancer development and progression by hijacking a key metabolic enzyme known as spermine oxidase.

February 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.07

Johns Hopkins study identifies gene mechanism in most aggressive kidney cancers

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Johns Hopkins scientists engineer nanoparticles able to seek and destroy diseased immune cells

Vasan Yegnasubramanian: How AI is transforming cancer research and treatment

Johns Hopkins investigators create open source database to more easily study cancer data

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Malcolm V. Brock on his journey from Bermuda to Japan to the U.S. to England–and from Japanese studies to thoracic oncology“When it gets down to brass tacks, relationships between each other, we’re all one.”

Exposure to pathogenic bacteria significantly increased SMOX activity, leading growth and metastasis of breast cancer, JHU-led study finds

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Malcolm V. Brock on his journey from Bermuda to Japan to the U.S. to England–and from Japanese studies to thoracic oncology
“When it gets down to brass tacks, relationships between each other, we’re all one.”