Recent study identifies biomarkers for response to sulforaphane treatment in boys with autism

Posted April 13, 2020 by by Teresa Johnson

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is a neurodevelopment disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, as well as restrictive, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, and activities. Clinical trials have demonstrated that sulforaphane from broccoli sprouts reduces the characteristic behaviors … Read More

Timing is Everything

Posted March 6, 2020 by by Teresa Johnson

One of the primary mechanisms by which sulforaphane and other isothiocyanates exert their many beneficial effects on the body is through activation of nuclear erythroid-2-p45-related factor-2, or Nrf2, the master regulator of cellular defenses that protect against oxidative stress … Read More

Profiles in Chemoprotection: Part II

Posted September 5, 2019 by by Teresa Johnson

Albena Dinkova-Kostova, PhD

Before Albena Dinkova-Kostova, Ph.D. trained to become a scientist, she trained as a seamstress.

She was 16 years old and living in Ruse, a large cosmopolitan city located on the south bank of the Danube River in northeastern … Read More

New method for extracting the beneficial compounds in moringa identified

Posted July 12, 2019 by by Teresa Johnson

A team of researchers from the Cullman Chemoprotection Center at Johns Hopkins University and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México led by Dr. Jed Fahey has developed a convenient and household-friendly method of extracting the beneficial compounds present in moringa, … Read More

Dose matters: New research demonstrates that sulforaphane from broccoli sprouts combats a cause of air pollution injury in a dose-dependent manner

Posted July 10, 2019 by by Teresa Johnson

Air pollution contains many toxic substances. One of these substances, benzene, is known to cause cancer in humans. A new study led by the Cullman Chemoprotection Center’s scientific partner, Dr. Tom Kensler, found that sulforaphane provided in a broccoli … Read More

The plant enzyme that helps make broccoli so good for you survives the acid in your stomach

Posted July 6, 2019 by by Teresa Johnson

A team of scientists led by Dr. Jed Fahey of the Cullman Chemoprotection Center investigated whether stomach acidity influences the activity of myrosinase, a type of enzyme. Myrosinase plays a role in the production of sulforaphane, a beneficial … Read More

Lewis B. Cullman, Generous Patron and Friend, Dies at 100

Posted June 20, 2019 by by Dr. Jed Fahey

Lewis B. Cullman (1919 – 2019)

The Cullman Chemoprotection Center’s longtime patron, Lewis B. Cullman, has passed away at the age of 100.

Lewis and his wife Dorothy (now deceased) were extraordinarily generous patrons of the fine arts, the humanities, … Read More

The Passing of a Scientific Giant

Posted March 15, 2019 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

Very sad news: This past Sunday, a pioneer in the field of chemoprevention (protection against chronic disease) passed away on March 10th, at the age of 95. Paul Talalay, M.D. was the founding director of the Cullman Chemoprotection Center. He … Read More

Chemoprotection News

Posted March 4, 2019 by by Dr. Jed Fahey

Our Latest News

Moringa and the Cullman Center’s Dr. Jed Fahey are featured in this video from ATTN*, which has had more than 3 million views! Click on the image below to view.

*ATTN: is a relatively new media company that gets billions … Read More

Moringa and the Cullman Center in the News Again

Posted December 15, 2018 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

Moringa and the Cullman Chemoprotection Center’s Dr. Jed Fahey are featured in this video from ATTN: https://www.facebook.com/attn/videos/2141222842602560.

ATTN: is a relatively new media company that gets billions of “impressions” and about a billion monthly video views. They do original … Read More

December Newsletter Now Available

Posted December 10, 2018 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

Our latest Newsletter is now out. Among the news, updates, and research you’ll read about:

Our latest autism research
How we’re using two generous grants to help the Cullman Center grow
An exciting new article from our friend Dr. Rhonda Patrick

Two new papers on broccoli sprouts and prevention

Posted September 5, 2018 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

Rodent models of a variety of conditions are widely used in biological research and are invaluable proxies for studying fatal or otherwise devastating diseases of humans that one would not study in an interventional manner (e.g. testing various early phase … Read More

More Exciting Clinical Work on Broccoli Sprouts and Inflammation

Posted July 25, 2018 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

Reducing inflammation may improve the health of overweight people by reducing inflammation and thus reducing the multitude of side-effects that go along with that inflammation. Incorporating broccoli sprouts or supplements rich in their biologically active phytochemicals into a regular … Read More

Exciting Recent Paper on Inflammation and Nrf2

Posted July 16, 2018 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

Long time Center member Dr. Dinkova-Kostova participated in research described in a very exciting paper in Nature that she co-authored along with a large team of colleagues from Harvard (US), Trinity College (Ireland), the Universities of Dundee, Cambridge, and Glascow (all UK), and … Read More

Things You Must Understand When Playing BandarQ Gambling

Posted June 24, 2018 by by wordpress

Things You Must Understand When Playing BandarQ Gambling

Things You Must Understand When Playing Bandarqq Gambling! Online gambling games today have become trending topics for the colors of Indonesia. This online gambling game is indeed experiencing a peak of … Read More

Donate Your Hair for Cancer Patients

Posted June 13, 2018 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

Many people have heard about Locks of Love, the nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to children who have long-term medical hair loss. There is also a program that provides free real hair wigs to women who experience hair loss during … Read More

Exciting updates on Moringa (the Drumstick Tree)

Posted May 22, 2018 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

The Cullman Chemoprotection Center at Johns Hopkins University, in a long-term partnership with an international team led from Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and the International Moringa Germplasm Collection), has collaborated to publish a pair of studies in the … Read More

“Indirect Antioxidant” Defined

Posted August 9, 2017 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

Over the years many people have asked what we mean when we call sulforaphane an “indirect antioxidant”. We have just posted a FAQ entry that we hope helps to answer that question. Here is our answer:

Q: You

“Like it or not, broccoli is good for you!” (So says the Baltimore Sun, today)

Posted July 2, 2017 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

Today’s Baltimore Sun has a feature on the recent diabetes study in which broccoli sprout extract had a significant effect on symptoms, especially in dysregulated, obese subjects. The online version also has a video interview with Dr. Fahey.

Another reason to eat your broccoli

Posted June 14, 2017 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

Type 2 diabetes is becoming increasingly common worldwide, and not all patients can be successfully treated with the existing drugs. We have just co-authored a publication with a leading Swedish research team at the University of Gothenburg and Lund University. … Read More

How To Find Trusted And Official Online Gambling Sites

Posted May 18, 2017 by by wordpress

There are several poker gambling sites on the internet, but if you want to play poker gambling online, you can look for an official poker site. Many online gambling sites that can not be trusted but there are also poker … Read More

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Posted May 18, 2017 by by wordpress

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Posted May 18, 2017 by by wordpress

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Superfood or Super-Hype?

Posted April 20, 2017 by by Cullman Chemoprotection Center

The Johns Hopkins Health Review has just published an opinion piece by Dr. Fahey in which he examines “super-foods”.

We are obsessed with so-called superfoods . . . but do they really live up to the hype?… Read More