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In Times of Low Unemployment, Nursing Home Quality Suffers
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (December 7, 2018) — The low unemployment rate in the U.S. — which fell to a 49-year low in September and October —…
December 7, 2018
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Georgetown Medical Ethicist Voices Concern About Human Genetic Editing Claimed by Chinese Scientist
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (November 26, 2018) — Media outlets are reporting that a Chinese scientist says he performed genetic editing to…
November 26, 2018
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As Vaping Increased in Popularity, Use of Cigarettes Declined
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (November 20, 2018) — A comprehensive analysis examining the relationship between vaping and smoking among youth and…
November 20, 2018
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Researchers Find Inhibiting One Protein Destroys Toxic Clumps Seen in Parkinson’s Disease
MEDIA CONTACT (ONLY, PLEASE):Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (November 14, 2018) — A defining feature of Parkinson’s disease is the clumps of alpha-synuclein…
November 14, 2018
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Georgetown University Medical Center Selects Nora Volkow for Highest Honor
MEDIA CONTACTKaren Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (November 12, 2018) — Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) will present Nora Volkow, MD, director of the National…
November 12, 2018
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Opioid Gene Variant in Adolescents Reduces Reward, May Increase Later Substance Abuse Risk
MEDIA CONTACTKaren Teberkm463@georgetown.edu SAN DIEGO (November 5, 2018) — Adolescents with a particular variant of an opioid receptor gene have less response in a part of the…
November 3, 2018
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Obese Mice Lose a Third of Their Fat Using a Natural Protein
MEDIA CONTACTKaren Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (October 29, 2018) — To the great surprise of cancer researchers, a protein they investigated for its possible role in…
October 24, 2018
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Early Study Results Suggest Fertility App as Effective as Modern Family Planning Methods
MEDIA CONTACTKaren Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (October 15, 2018) — Early results from a first-of-its-kind study suggest that typical use of a family planning app called…
October 14, 2018
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More Clues Revealed in Link Between Normal Breast Changes and Invasive Breast Cancer
A research team led by investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has published the results of a mouse study that shows how changes in mammary glands to…
October 12, 2018
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Nobel Prize-winning Science is Key to New Treatments for Cancer
The science that earned two researchers the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2018 — the discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation &…
October 1, 2018