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STATEMENT: The National Action Partnership to Promote Safe Sleep on Revised AAP Safe Sleeping Recommendations
The Steering Committee of the National Action Partnership to Promote Safe Sleep (NAPPSS) is encouraged by the new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) “SIDS and Other-…
October 21, 2016
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Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding Advocates Come Together in NAPPSS
In recent years, recommendations for breast feeding and safe sleep for infants have led to enormous challenges in moving from recommendations to action that benefit infant. …
October 20, 2016
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Capital Breast Care Center Hosts Annual Gift of Life Breakfast
Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC), a community-based program of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities…
October 7, 2016
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Georgetown Researchers Describe Method to Study Real Time Cancer Invasion
A research team at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has described the steps, in both written and video format, that allow cancer investigators to track, in real…
October 7, 2016
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A Common Nerve Protein Elevated in Aggressive Neuroblastomas
A protein produced by nerve cells appears to be elevated in the blood of those with an aggressive form of neuroblastoma. The finding, published online October 12 in the American…
October 6, 2016
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Clarivate Analytics and Georgetown University Named a USPTO Cancer Moonshot Challenge Winner
Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters today announced its third place win with Georgetown University in the USPTO…
October 6, 2016
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Chris Mortensen to Receive the 2016 NFLPA Georgetown Lombardi Award
Award-winning ESPN journalist Chris Mortensen has been named this year’s NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award honoree. Mortensen and his courageous battle…
October 4, 2016
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Inhibiting Production of One Protein Restores Treatment Benefit in Resistant Breast Cancer
A team of investigators led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has found, in animal models of human breast cancer, that inhibiting a single protein…
October 3, 2016
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Researchers Say Research Needed on Effects of Cannabis on Human Development
In this new era of legalized marijuana, far too little research has been conducted on the effect of cannabis on the development of human embryos, say researchers at Georgetown…
September 26, 2016
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New Clinical Trial Will Test Cancer Drug as Alzheimer's Treatment
The following is a press release issued by the ADDF: NEW YORK (September 29, 2016) – The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announces a $2.1 million grant awarded…
September 26, 2016