GUMC Successes
GUMC researchers developed:
- The First Diagnostic Test for HPV, which, when administered during a routine Pap test significantly increases the detection rate for cervical cancer and lowers death rates from this invasive disease.
- The HPV Vaccine, which was developed by Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD, at Georgetown and protects against the two strains of HPV that cause 70 percent of cervical cancer.
- The Full-Body Scanner, developed by Robert Ledley, DDS, in 1973, had a revolutionary impact on diagnostic medicine.
- Allegra ®, a popular anti-histamine, was developed at Georgetown by Raymond Woosley, MD, PhD, former chairman of the Department of Pharmacology.
- The Automatic Genetic Analyzer, also developed by Robert Ledley, DDS, used a robot arm to automate process of detecting genetic defects on a molecular level.
