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Anti-aging Gene Loss Possible Culprit In Elderly Blindness
Loss of an anti-aging gene triggers retinal degeneration in mice and may contribute to age-related macular degeneration, according to a team of Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) researchers.
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Taking a Summer Dive Into Research
It was to be the “last free summer of her life” — but Adrienne Bruce’s self-described “passion for hearts” took precedence over a summer of freedom. Bruce was one of 36 medical students who chose to
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Genetics Aside, a Family in Every Sense of the Term
Some of his 20 charges likely view him as a bit of a surrogate parent, others may see him as a mentor. But Kenneth Dretchen, PhD, would be happy to be known simply as the go-to guy to whom new medical
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Learning the Language of Medicine to Come
As Abhishek Pandey (M’14) recalls, it was as if, while studying in Spain, “you were told to go study in Russia for a year — and speak the language.” That’s how this fourth-year Georgetown University S
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Lessons from 1,000 Year-old Medicine
Physicians searching for state-of-the-art treatments for their patients reach for their smart phones, tablets and computers to search databases of recent clinical trials and evidence-based medicine. T
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Embracing the “Angelina Jolie Effect”
Celebrities are, well, celebrated in American culture, and when they talk about cancer prevention, people respond. Such a reaction has been called the “effect” as in the “Katie Couric Effect,” after t
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A Modern Day Virus Hunter
The plotline seems worthy of a blockbuster flick like Outbreak or Contagion. A slowly emerging infection gathers steam in Saudi Arabia, killing 60 percent of those who come in contact with it. Cases s
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Solving the Mystery of Gulf War illness
For more than two decades, Ronald Brown has been trying to tell his story — one that likely mirrors the experience of as many as 250,000 veterans of Operation Desert Storm, the 1990-1991 Gulf War. Bro
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Edmund D. Pellegrino 1920-2013
One of the most prominent founders of the field of bioethics and a longtime professor and professor emeritus at Georgetown passed away June 13 at the age of 92. Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, who would ha
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Questioning Assumptions about Dyslexia
Guinevere Eden, PhD, learns a lot about dyslexia by proving what it isn’t. Two recent studies she led challenge popular notions about the reading disorder, underscoring the complexity of what is belie
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