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Pandemic Preparedness in the Next Administration
As the United States prepares for new leadership, global health thought leaders will convene January 10 to discuss ways the Trump administration can contribute to pandemic…
January 5, 2017
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Steroid Originally Discovered in the Dogfish Shark Attacks Parkinson’s-Related Toxin in Animal Model
A naturally occurring steroid made by the dogfish shark prevents the buildup of a lethal protein in animal studies, reports an international team of researchers. The clustering…
December 19, 2016
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Sunlight Offers Surprise Benefit – It Energizes Infection Fighting T Cells
Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have found that sunlight, through a mechanism separate than vitamin D production, energizes T cells that play a central role in…
December 16, 2016
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Patient Prostate Tissue Used to Create Unique Model of Prostate Cancer Biology
For the first time, researchers have been able to grow, in a lab, both normal and primary cancerous prostate cells from a patient, and then implant a million of the cancer cells…
December 8, 2016
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Smoking Down, Number of Lives Saved Up as More Countries Embrace Tobacco Control Measures
Between 2008 and 2014, more than 53 million people in 88 countries stopped smoking due to tobacco control measures, which means that more than 22 million smoking-related deaths…
December 8, 2016
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Georgetown’s Cancer Center Director Praises Passage of 21st Century Cures Act
The U.S. Senate voted to pass the 21st Century Cures Act this afternoon – a vote that follows passage in the House last week. Louis M. Weiner, MD, director of Georgetown…
December 7, 2016
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Georgetown Lombardi Hosts Patient/Physician Symposium Focused on GI Cancers
The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center hosts its 7th Annual “Fighting a Smarter War Against,&#…
November 29, 2016
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Georgetown Team Sets Off to Antarctica in Search of Traces of Ancient Life
A quest to understand if and how life can endure in extreme cold— on Earth and, perhaps one day, on Mars — is sending a team of Georgetown University researchers to…
November 21, 2016
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Thanksgiving Conversation Survival Guide Post-Election
Preparing dinner for a house packed with hungry family members on Thanksgiving Day can be stressful enough, but pepper it with conversation about politics and the 2016 election…
November 21, 2016
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Georgetown University Medical Center Convocation Colloquium To Focus On Global Health
What is academia’s role and responsibility in addressing global health priorities? That is the central theme to be discussed at Georgetown University Medical Center&;…
November 11, 2016