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Vaccines Alone May Not Be Enough to End Pandemic
WASHINGTON (March 18, 2021) — Even as vaccines are becoming more readily available in the U.S., protecting against the asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic spread of the virus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19 is key to ending the pandemic, say two Georgetown infectious disease experts. In their Perspective, “SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Without Symptoms,” published March 18 in the journal […]
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Immune-Compromised People with HIV, APOE4 Gene May Have a Compounded Risk for Alzheimer’s
WASHINGTON (February 22, 2021) — People living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who have a history of severe immunosuppression and at least one copy of the Alzheimer’s disease-related gene variant APOE4 might see a compounded adverse effect on the circuitry that impacts memory. This could eventually lead to an increased risk for dementia after […]
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Researchers Find Diverse Supportive Partnerships Among Older Gay Men With and Without HIV
WASHINGTON (February 17, 2021) — Recent data reveals that gay men living with HIV report having supportive relationships with family, friends or in informal relationships rather than with primary romantic partners, while gay men who are HIV-negative report having relationships mainly with primary partners. Additionally, gay men living with HIV were more likely to report […]
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Mechanism for How Pancreatic Cancer Evades Immunotherapy Elucidated
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Male Breast Cancer Patients Face High Prevalence of Heart Disease Risk Factors
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Georgetown Global Health Expert on U.S. Remaining in WHO
WASHINGTON (January 21, 2021) — Today marks another important step as the United States reaffirms its status as a World Health Organization (WHO) Member State. On Wednesday, in a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres, President Biden terminated the previous administration’s efforts to leave the WHO, the organization responsible for directing and […]
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Georgetown Researchers Launch Online Library Chronicling 25 Years of Pandemic Preparedness Policy
WASHINGTON (January 12, 2021) — Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) today announced the launch of the most comprehensive collection of documents from the last two and a half decades of pandemic preparedness planning. The online collection, “Health Security Net,” was unveiled January 12 at the Futures Forum on Preparedness, which […]
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Tweaking AI Software to Function Like a Human Brain Improves Computer’s Learning Ability
WASHINGTON (January 12, 2021) — Computer-based artificial intelligence can function more like human intelligence when programmed to use a much faster technique for learning new objects, say two neuroscientists who designed such a model to mirror human visual learning. In the journal Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Maximilian Riesenhuber, PhD, professor of neuroscience at Georgetown University […]
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Georgetown Professor Comments on FDA Authorization of Vaccine to Prevent COVID-19
WASHINGTON (December 11, 2020) — This evening, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine. Former FDA Chief Scientist and infectious disease physician Jesse Goodman, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, celebrates and provides a brief perspective on this historic moment: “The first emergency use authorization […]
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Disrupting the Cellular Process That Promotes Pancreatic Cancer’s Deadly Growth
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