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MEDIA ADVISORY

In anticipation of the Pope’s encyclical this week, Laura Anderko, PhD, RN, director of the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment at…

June 16, 2015

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State Regulations for Indoor Tanning Could Lead to a National Regulatory Framework

WASHINGTON — A national regulatory framework designed to prevent and limit indoor tanning is needed to alleviate the cancer burden and reduce the billions in financial…

May 27, 2015

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Experimental Immunotherapy Shows High Response Rate in Advanced Lung Cancer

WASHINGTON — An early phase study testing an anti-PDL1 agent in combination with standard chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer has provided…

May 14, 2015

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Soprano Marquita Lister Delivers “Music for the Mind”

International opera star Marquita Lister, accompanied by pianist Marvin Mills and baritone Robert Cantrell, performs at Georgetown University May 20 for the annual Music for the…

May 12, 2015

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Unraveling the Mystery of α-synuclein in Neurodegenerative Disease and Reversing its Course

WASHINGTON — A team of neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center has shown how a protein, known to accumulate in Parkinson’s disease and other…

May 10, 2015

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Georgetown Adds Standalone Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Specialty to Online Master’s Program

WASHINGTON – Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center, announces a new addition to its online master of…

April 28, 2015

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Comment on Tyson Foods and Antibiotics Use

WASHINGTON - This morning, Tyson issued a statement stating, in part, ““Given the progress we’ve already made reducing antibiotics in our broilers, we…

April 28, 2015

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Like Humans, Bats Use Both Sides of Brain to Listen

WASHINGTON— Researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center and American University have shown that, like humans, mustached bats use the left and right sides of…

April 26, 2015

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Researchers Launch First Trial of Standard vs. Molecular Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer

WASHINGTON - April 27, 2015 — Two powerhouses of cancer support — the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network …

April 26, 2015

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Finding Liver Cancer Early and Reversing Its Course

Liver cancer is often lethal in humans because it is diagnosed in late stages, but new work in animal models has identified a potential diagnostic biomarker of the disease and a…

April 21, 2015