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Meet the marathoner who is blazing a trail in the male-dominated STEM field

Nina Raver-Shapira, Ph.D., loves a challenge: The Johnson & Johnson scientist persisted for years to develop an innovative surgical patch that helps stop problematic bleeding during surgery—and she’s also a record-breaking elite athlete. For Women’s Equality Day, find out how she got her start, what achievements she’s most proud of and where she finds inspiration.

5 things we now know about myasthenia gravis

Discover more about the disease, learn how one woman lives with this rare autoantibody condition and why Johnson & Johnson is working to find new treatments for patients like her.

How Johnson & Johnson is advancing new options for bladder cancer treatment

Every year, roughly 80,000 Americans receive a bladder cancer diagnosis. Many endure difficult and burdensome treatments in an attempt to fight the disease. But new innovations just might change that.

INHANCE™ Shoulder System: A new option for reverse shoulder replacement surgery

Learn how Johnson & Johnson MedTech is innovating to help improve outcomes with this complex procedure.

“I helped create the lens that treated my mom’s cataracts”

Learn about one employee’s very personal mission to help restore vision for people who undergo cataract surgery.

“I’ve developed innovative sutures that help save lives”

Johnson & Johnson got its start as a pioneer of sterile surgical sutures and continues to make advancements today. Jesse Nawrocki, Ph.D., shares how he and his award-winning team are working to make surgery easier for doctors and safer for patients.

Inside the decade-long effort to add digital tags to thousands of Johnson & Johnson MedTech products

Efficiently tracking medical devices can cut down on injuries and errors. But until recently, there was no industry-wide standard for doing it. Unique Device Identifiers, a new kind of label, are changing that.

“My job is to educate about the need for new treatments for rare diseases”

Hetal Patel, an immunodermatology medical director at Johnson & Johnson, forged her own career path—and now she’s living into her passion for advocacy, education and innovation.

What happens when antibiotics stop working?

More and more, many previously effective medications are no longer able to fight off the germs that are making us sick, leading to millions of deaths each year. For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, learn what Johnson & Johnson is doing to combat this health threat around the world.