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Deficiencies in Repair of DNA Identified in Many Types of Solid Tumors
A new investigation of more than 48,000 stored tumor samples finds evidence of a key deficiency in a repair mechanism designed to keep DNA from being mutated and causing cancer.
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Number of Mutations in a Tumor Varies by Age and Type of Cancer
A team of investigators led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that the tumor mutation load, or TML, in a patient’s cancer biopsy varied by age and the type of cancer, along with several other factors.
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Unique Approach to Autism Screening Provides New, Effective Model for Latino Infants
Georgetown University Medical Center autism specialists working with Latino families in Washington, DC, have developed an effective screening program that identifies Latino infants who may be at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), allowing the opportunity for early intervention.
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Justice in America for Native Americans
How do factors such as race, culture, issues with accessing legal representation, and resiliency contribute to injustices for Native Americans? These are some of the issues to be discussed at a panel at Georgetown University titled “Justice in America for Native Americans.”
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Georgetown Global Health Center Receives $3.5M Grant for Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
The Open Philanthropy Project has awarded a $3.5 million grant to the Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) at Georgetown University Medical Center to support research focused on improving U.S. and international biosecurity and pandemic preparedness policy.
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Georgetown Announces Phase II Clinical Trial of Nilotinib for Parkinson’s Disease
Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) today announces the launch of a phase II clinical trial to study the safety of the cancer drug nilotinib and its effects on clinical outcomes and biomarkers in people with Parkinson’s disease.
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Smoking Cessation Counseling Successful When Paired with Lung Cancer Screening
In the first successful randomized trial of its kind, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have provided preliminary evidence that telephone-based smoking cessation counseling given to smokers shortly after undergoing lung cancer screening can be effective at helping people stop smoking.
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First Ever Real-Time Efficacy Study on Fertility App Launched
In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center’s Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) announced today the launch of a year-long study to measure the efficacy of a new app, Dot™, for avoiding unintended pregnancy as compared to efficacy rates of other family planning methods.
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Toward Understanding When Eating Soy Might Help or Harm In Breast Cancer Treatment
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have used animal models to reveal new information about the impact – positive and negative – that soy consumption could have on a common breast cancer treatment.
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Mindfulness Meditation Training Lowers Biomarkers of Stress Response in Anxiety Disorder
GUMC researchers found that anxiety disorder patients had sharply reduced stress-hormone and inflammatory responses to a stressful situation after taking a mindfulness meditation course—whereas patients who took a non-meditation stress management course had worsened responses.
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