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INNOVATION: The Key to Pro$perity Technology & America's Role in the 21st Century Global Economy A Book Signing and Evening Talk with Aris Melissaratos Senior Advisor to the President for Enterprise Development Johns Hopkins University WHEN: Thursday, November 19 6-7:30 p.m. WHERE: Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus 9605 Medical Center Drive Rockville, MD RSVP to: Barbara Crews, bcrews@jhu.edu or 301-294-7004 Read Full Story

Rare Cases of a Genetic Mutation Could One Day Lead to Muscle-Building Drugs Every new child has a few surprises, but imagine bringing home an adopted baby to find he was born with a super strength beyond the biological limits of most humans. At 5 months old, Liam Hoekstra of Grand Rapids, Mich., started doing an expert gymnast move called the iron cross. By 8 months old, Liam could do a pull-up and by 9 months, he could climb up and down stairs. "I would hold him up by his hands and he would lift himself into an iron cross. That's when we were ... Read Full Story

Monday, March 9 th from 6-8pm Johns Hopkins University Montgomery Campus 9605 Medical Center Drive (far right building when you drive onto campus)   Event registration : http://socialmediastardom2.eventbrite.com/ Mayra Ruiz-McPherson, aka @marketingMisfit, is organizing #socStardom2 in partnership with Robin Ferrier of Johns Hopkins University's Montgomery Campus. The original #socStardom (a hashtag coined by Mayra) was in January 14 and was also done in conjunction with Robin. The January #socStardom was entitled "If You Build It Will They Come?" and featured influential marketing guru Rohit Bhargava and PostSecret.com blogger Frank Warren. That event, hosted tby Network Solutions , was a big hit and the room ... Read Full Story

From Johns Hopkins University: Johns Hopkins researchers estimate $166 billion in infrastructure projects delayed nationwide. Like state and local governments and private businesses, America’s 1.4 million nonprofit organizations have many major “shovel-ready” infrastructure projects on hold because of the credit crisis, according to a new survey by the Johns Hopkins University Nonprofit Listening Post Project. For a country eager to promote employment, these projects offer an inviting target. Nonprofits always struggle to generate investment capital due to their nonprofit status and their inability to access the equity markets, but the survey results show that the recession has compounded their woes: The 1,837 organizations surveyed ... Read Full Story

Dr. Ziya Gokaslan, MD is the director of the Neurosurgical Spine Program and vice chairman of the department of neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University, where he is also the Donlin M. Long Professor and a professor of neurosurgery, oncology, and orthopedic surgery. Lee Hunter Riley III, MD , is director of the Orthopedic Spine Division and associate professor of orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University. Their forthcoming book is The Back Book (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009). Ziya Gokaslan and Lee Hunter Riley-- Right after the holidays we see a lot of patients with back pain. Many of these ... Read Full Story