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10-Minute Urine Test Can Measure Specific Compounds from Food Consumed

Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, DC, have developed a method that can quickly evaluate specific food compounds in human urine. They…

March 16, 2016

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Georgetown Scholar Available to Discuss WHO Report on Health and Environmental Impacts

WASHINGTON — Anticipating the World Health Organization’s report on health and environmental impacts (expected March 15), Georgetown professor Laura Anderko, PhD,,…

March 11, 2016

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Georgetown Author Says Radiation Fears Will Be “Rearranged” With New Book, Strange Glow

WASHINGTON — It’s a common paradox. Why is it that some people fear using cellphones believing radiation from the device will cause a brain tumor, but will gladly…

March 4, 2016

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Congressional Testimony on "Bioethics and Fetal Tissue" by G. Kevin Donovan, MD

Written Testimony of G. Kevin Donovan, MD, director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical Center, a witness before the Select…

March 2, 2016

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Georgetown Seeks Volunteers for New Immunotherapy Clinical Trial for Alzheimer’s

WASHINGTON — The Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University is seeking volunteers to participate in an international clinical trial of a drug that, in an early…

February 22, 2016

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Georgetown Radiation Expert, Author Reflects on Fifth Anniversary of Fukushima Meltdown

WASHINGTON (Feb. 23, 2016) — Five years ago on March 12, Fukushima Prefecture in Japan experienced the largest nuclear accident and release of radioactive materials since…

February 22, 2016

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Huntington Disease Center at Georgetown Designated As Center of Excellence

WASHINGTON — The Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) has designated the Huntington Disease Care, Education and Research Center at Georgetown as an HDSA…

February 22, 2016

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Graphic Cigarette Warnings Trigger Brain Areas Key to Quitting Smoking

WASHINGTON — Viewing graphic anti-smoking images on cigarette packs triggers activity in brain areas involved in emotion, decision-making and memory as observed via brain…

February 16, 2016

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Synthetic Plant Hormones Shut Down DNA Repair in Cancer Cells

WASHINGTON — Two drugs that mimic a common plant hormone effectively cause DNA damage and turn off a major DNA repair mechanism, suggesting their potential use as an anti…

February 15, 2016

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Should PCORI Fund More Primary Care Research?

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), established under the Affordable Care Act, is charged with funding research that ultimately helps patients make better…

February 11, 2016