All Posts: News Release

• Early-life Education Improves Memory in Old Age — Especially for Women

  WASHINGTON (June 5, 2020) — Education appears to protect older adults, especially women, against memory loss, according to a study by investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center, published in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. The results suggest that children — especially girls — who attend school for longer will have better memory abilities in […]

  Category: News Release Tags: aging, Alzheimer's disease, biomedical research, brain, dementia, memory loss, mind, neuroscience

• New Georgetown Report Highlights Health Disparities and Calls for Racial Equity in the District of Columbia

  Category: News Release Tags: COVID-19, health disparities, health equity, population health, School of Nursing & Health Studies

• Nilotinib Appears Safe and Affects Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial

  WASHINGTON (May 29, 2020) — A Georgetown University Medical Center clinical trial investigating the cancer drug nilotinib in people with Alzheimer’s disease finds that it is safe and well-tolerated, and researchers say the drug should be tested in a larger study to further determine its safety and efficacy as a potential disease-modifying strategy. The results […]

  Category: News Release Tags: Alzheimer's disease, biomedical research, brain, brain research, clinical trials, dementia, mind, nilotinib

• Unique “Home Built” Device Provides Fast Disease Analysis in Kidneys Affected by Diabetes

  WASHINGTON (May 28, 2020) — The amount of scarring in damaged kidneys as a result of diabetes or acute injury is a key factor in determining treatment. But it has not been possible, using traditional techniques, to quickly and accurately assess how widespread this kind of wounding extends within the organ. Now, however, a physicist […]

  Category: News Release Tags: biomedical research, diabetes research, imaging, kidney research, microscopy, pathology

• Automated COVID-19 Research Tracking Tool Wins International Data Challenge

  Competition Recognizes Six Tools that Visualize Critical Virus-Related Findings WASHINGTON (May 15, 2020) — A new online tool that gathers and organizes COVID-19 research and trending conversations about virus-related research was recognized as the winning professional entry to the COVID-19 Data Challenge from the Pandemic Data Room. The Data Challenge was led by QED Group […]

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, big data, coronavirus, COVID-19, data science, ICBI

• Dearth of Medical Resources in Africa for COVID-19 Reminiscent of Early HIV/AIDS Pandemic

  WASHINGTON (May 7, 2020) — “We have seen this before.” Global health scholars have issued a clarion call about the needless loss of life expected because of a foreseeable prospect of “slow and inadequate access to supplies” to control COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa. They say what is unfolding now is similar to when lifesaving diagnostics […]

  Category: News Release Tags: Africa, COVID-19, global health, infectious disease, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2

• Georgetown University Medical Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Collaborate on COVID-19 Antibody Study

  WASHINGTON (May 7, 2020) — Georgetown University Medical Center, in collaboration with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, is conducting a study to test for antibodies in two groups of people with increased vulnerability to COVID-19: hospital workers and those with cancer. The FDA has approved (under an emergency use authorization) only a few tests produced commercially […]

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, biomedical research, cancer, COVID-19, immune response, infectious disease, SARS-CoV-2

• From Immunity Passports to Vaccination Certificates for COVID-19: Scientific, Equitable and Legal Challenges

  WASHINGTON (May 4, 2020) — As governments from countries including the U.S., Germany, Italy and the U.K. explore the possibility of issuing so-called “immunity passports,” a leading global health and legal scholar warns that such action poses significant practical, equitable and legal issues. In contrast, if and when a vaccine is developed, vaccination certificates will […]

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, coronavirus, COVID-19, global health, immunity passports, infectious disease, vaccination

• NIH Awards $24.3M to Georgetown and Howard Universities to Support Clinical and Translational Research

  WASHINGTON (May 1, 2020) — The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) has received a $24.3 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, a part of the National Institutes of Health. The competitive renewal represents the third 5-year award for the center, which has secured […]

  Category: News Release Tags: biomedical education, biomedical research, CTSA, diversity, funding awards, GHUCCTS, health disparities, partnerships

• Georgetown Lombardi Launches COVID-19 Antibody Study in People with Cancer

  Category: News Release Tags: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, cancer, cancer research, COVID-19, Georgetown Lombardi, SARS-CoV-2