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Johns Hopkins experts challenge belief that city living raises asthma risk – The Hub at Johns Hopkins


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Johns Hopkins experts challenge belief that city living raises asthma risk
The Hub at Johns Hopkins
Challenging the long-standing belief that city dwellers suffer disproportionately from asthma, the results of a new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of more than 23,000 U.S. children reveal that income, race, and ethnic origin may play far more …
The City Might Not Be To Blame For High Asthma RatesNPR (blog)
Study Questions Link Between Asthma and City LivingTIME
Researchers debunk the idea that asthma is more common in inner citiesLos Angeles Times
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Johns Hopkins Launches Study of Genetic Drivers of Asthma in Blacks – Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio


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Johns Hopkins Launches Study of Genetic Drivers of Asthma in Blacks
Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
With a disproportionate share of medical research previously enrolling mainly White study participants, this Black-focused asthma research represents an essential departure. “The genetic and genomic roots are significant,” said Dr. Fernando Martinez, …

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Knome Names New CEO, Cuts Deal With Johns Hopkins to Analyze 1000 Genomes – Xconomy


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Knome Names New CEO, Cuts Deal With Johns Hopkins to Analyze 1000 Genomes
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The company is announcing today that it has won a new contract to analyze and compare 1000 genomes for scientists at Johns Hopkins University, who are looking for genetic variants linked to asthma in African American and African Caribbean populations. …
Knome Selected as Technology Partner by Johns Hopkins for Landmark 1000 …MarketWatch (press release)

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Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African Americans – Baltimore Sun


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Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African Americans
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By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Johns Hopkins researchers, in the largest study to date, will map the genetic code for asthma in people of African descent in hopes of better understanding why the disease and other allergy-related ailments …
$9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support "Asthma Genome" Project with African …Newswise (press release)
Johns Hopkins wins $8.5M to study asthma among blacksBaltimore Business Journal

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Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African Americans – Baltimore Sun


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Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African Americans
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By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Johns Hopkins researchers, in the largest study to date, will map the genetic code for asthma in people of African descent in hopes of better understanding why the disease and other allergy-related ailments …
$9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support "Asthma Genome" Project with African …Newswise (press release)
Johns Hopkins wins $8.5M to study asthma among blacksBaltimore Business Journal

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Johns Hopkins wins $8.5M to study asthma among blacks – Baltimore Business Journal

Johns Hopkins wins $8.5M to study asthma among blacks
Baltimore Business Journal
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have won a $9.5 million federal grant to study why asthma is more common among blacks. The four-year effort will study the genetic code of 1000 people of African descent, including men and women from Baltimore. …
$9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support "Asthma Genome" Project with African …Newswise (press release)
Researchers look to genetics to understand African American-asthma linkBaltimore Sun (blog)

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