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Almost a decade has passed since a new blood group protein has been identified, but an international team of researchers has recently discovered two transport proteins on red blood cells. Labeled as ABCB6 and ABCG2, they are responsible for the rare Langereis and Junior blood types, respectively, and bring the total number of identified blood type proteins to 32.
A study by UCLA researchers was published on the online edition of Neurotherapeutics that reported the development of a novel drug that could break down harmful protein groups in Parkinson's disease. Known as the "molecular tweezer," the compound was able to degrade protein aggregates implicated in Parkinson's without interfering with brain activity in zebrafish. Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects the central nervous system, which is comprised of the brain and spinal cord. A neurodegenerative disorder is one that is caused by the death of a component of the nervous system. In the case of Parkinson's disease, cells in a part of our brain called the "substantia nigra" are killed.
With the coming of March, it seems safe to say that this year's winter is officially over. However, this statement leaves many wondering why most of North America didn't have to pull out the heavy jackets and electric snow plowers, which typically make their appearance at least once per year. Jet streams and La Niña seem to hold the answer, as researchers suggest.
The system of covered grades for first-semester freshmen has been a landmark Hopkins policy since the 1970s. Last June, it came under fire in a proposition by the Homewood Academic Council. In the last seven months, the fallout of the proposal has settled upon the undergraduate community, provoking discussion among students and administrators alike.
The Digital Media Center (DMC), in collaboration with Nolan's on 33rd, hosted the second Ignite@JHU event at Nolan's last Thursday. It featured five minute, TED-like talks by Hopkins staff, professors and students.
As French students and aspiring Francophones, we, unsurprisingly, are obsessed with crepes. Fortunately for us, Sofi's Crepes is right around the corner from Hopkins campus. This past weekend we decided to get our French food fix. Oui oui!
Youth crime is a significant national issue. Annually, 200,000 youths are tried as adults in criminal courts. In September of 2009, Jessica Turral, Baltimore native and recent alumnus of Hopkins, founded a non-profit organization to fight those numbers. Called Hand in Hand, the program works with Baltimore youth who have committed crimes and been tried as adults and aims to empower them through mentorship.
Paula Boggs, a 1981 Hopkins graduate and current executive president, general counsel and secretary of Starbucks Coffee, spoke at Hopkins this past Monday as a part of the Women's History Month speaker series, hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA).
Hopkins is a high-pressure environment. Students are expected to perform at the highest academic level, participate in extracurriculars, contribute to their community and prepare for the rapidly approaching future. It is this last pressure on which this week's column will focus.
To continue on the Asia trend of the past couple weeks, this week I will be talking about Malaysia. Malaysia is the definition of multi-cultural. Though technically a Muslim country, Malaysia is made up of large numbers of Hindus, Buddhists and Christians. Sitting on the subway in Kuala Lumpur, the country's very modern capital city, you will find yourself sitting with an Indian woman wearing a sari, a Buddhist monk, a woman in a colorful headscarf and long dress and a teenage girl wearing a tank top and shorts. You are also very likely to see Arabian Gulf women in full abayas that cover everything except for their eyes. Many of these women are most likely vacationing with their husbands and sons to escape the often-smothering restrictions placed on daily activities by Arabian Gulf countries.
My dear friend James is the brain behind this gem. It was nearly one in the morning and a group of about seven other people and I were sitting in a Hopkins SAC van in an alleyway in East Baltimore, with a flat tire.
Hopkins is stressful. We all know that. We have expectations to meet, whether they're our own or our family's; there's homework and social life; tuition and food; and the constant looming idea, is all this money really worth it? The stress piles up while we break down.
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A few months ago, I wrote an article about the mythic Citizen Kane of video games and asked a few of my friends what exactly they thought of the subject.
The Hopkins chapter of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, presents "Happier," on March 6 at 4 p.m. in Shriver Hall. This is a talk by Tal Ben-Shahar on positive psychology, or in other words, the psychology of how to be happy.
Jim Snidero is a jazz saxophonist who has played for Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and the Mingus Big Band.
Electropunk and industrial rock group "Mindless Self Indulgence" (MSI) will be performing at Rams Head Live on March 6th after a three year hiatus.
As a child, St. Patrick's Day was that time you had to go to school with a green T-shirt on lest you be pinched by your classmates. Man, getting pinched was the worst.
On the night of Saturday, Feb. 25, the Johns Hopkins Shriver Hall auditorium more closely resembled a setting for a Bruce Springstein concert than that of an a cappella competition.
This Single of the Week, "Off the Wall" comes to you from the Sonic Youth creator Lee Ranaldo off of his upcoming album Between the Times and the Tides.