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Zooming in on Brain Circuits Allows Researchers to Stop Seizure Activity

WASHINGTON (December 16, 2019) — A team of neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found, in animal models, that they can “switch off” epileptic seizures.…

December 16, 2019

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Nilotinib Appears Safe in Parkinson’s Trial; Drug Thought to Allow Dopamine Replenishment

WASHINGTON (December 16, 2019) — A clinical trial investigating the repurposed cancer drug nilotinib in people with Parkinson’s disease finds that it is reasonably safe and well…

December 16, 2019

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Veterans Study Suggests Two Subtypes of Gulf War Illness

WASHINGTON (December 12, 2019) — Brain imaging of veterans with Gulf War illness show varying abnormalities after moderate exercise that can be categorized into two distinct…

December 12, 2019

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Palbociclib is Safe for Women with Advanced Breast Cancer Who Have Unique Gene Alteration

December 11, 2019

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Remission of Follicular Lymphoma for Two-Plus Years Indicates Disease-Free Status that Could Be Lifelong

December 8, 2019

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Deeper Look at Tumor’s Genetic Mutations Challenges Current Precision Medicine Approach

December 5, 2019

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Georgetown’s Aykut Üren Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

December 3, 2019

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Nearly One-Quarter of Completed Lung Cancer Clinical Trial Results Are Not Published

November 6, 2019

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Heightened Risk of Adverse Financial Changes Before Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

WASHINGTON (October 25, 2019) — Prior to an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, a person in the early stages of the disease faces a heightened risk of adverse financial outcomes — a likely…

October 25, 2019

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Brain Studies Show Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness are Distinct Conditions

CHICAGO (October 23, 2019) — Gulf War Illness (GWI) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) share symptoms of disabling fatigue, pain, systemic hyperalgesia (tenderness), negative…

October 23, 2019