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Cancer Drug Improved Cognition and Motor Skills in Small Parkinson’s Clinical Trial
CHICAGO (Oct. 17, 2015) — An FDA-approved drug for leukemia improved cognition, motor skills and non-motor function in patients with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body…
October 14, 2015
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Novel Compound Turns Off Mutant Cancer Gene in Animals with Leukemia
WASHINGTON — A compound discovered and developed by a team of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers that halts cancer in animals with Ewing sarcoma…
October 9, 2015
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NFLPA’S One Team for the Cure Shirts Back for 2015 Benefiting Georgetown Lombardi
WASHINGTON – One Team For The Cure shirts benefiting the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, D.C. are now on sale online through One Team Shop …
September 30, 2015
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Neuroscientists Uncover Brain Abnormalities Responsible for Tinnitus and Chronic Pain
WASHINGTON — Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center and Germany’s Technische Universität München have uncovered the brain malady…
September 23, 2015
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TBI Triggers Liver to Produce Protein Tied to Inflammation; Hypertension Drug Blocks It
WASHINGTON — A new animal study shows that traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects the body as well as the brain and that treatment with hypertension drugs blocks the…
September 20, 2015
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Georgetown Professor’s State Department Grant Focuses on "One Health"
WASHINGTON — Identifying emerging infectious disease threats and incorporating biosecurity and bioethics in the development of medical technology are the foci of a new…
September 15, 2015
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Resveratrol Impacts Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker
WASHINGTON — The largest nationwide clinical trial to study high-dose resveratrol long-term in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease found that a…
September 5, 2015
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For Media: Georgetown Scholars Available for Interviews on Pope Francis Visit
The health needs of migrants and refugees and the impact that climate change has on vulnerable populations are two topics Pope Francis is expected to address during his U.S.…
September 3, 2015
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Georgetown and Howard Receive $27M Award for Clinical and Translational Research
WASHINGTON — A large clinical research program led by Georgetown and Howard universities, facilitating the participation of more than four million Washington-area…
September 3, 2015
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Georgetown Lombardi Offers New Melanoma Study Comparing Two Treatment Regimens
WASHINGTON — A new nationwide clinical trial comparing two groups of drugs — both effective in treating melanoma—is now open at Georgetown Lombardi…
September 1, 2015