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Mechanistic Insight into Immortal Cells Could Speed Clinical Use
WASHINGTON — The mechanistic understanding of the relatively new technique for growing cells in culture indefinitely – known as conditional reprogramming – has been deciphered and reported in the February 25th issue of PLOS ONE. Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center say identifying the mechanisms of immortalization lays the groundwork for future clinical use of these cells.
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When Cancer Cells Stop Acting Like Cancer
WASHINGTON — Cancer cells crowded tightly together suddenly surrender their desire to spread, and this change of heart is related to a cellular pathway that controls organ size. These two stunning observations are reported today by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in the journal Oncogene.
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A Brain System that Appears To Compensate for Autism, OCD, and Dyslexia
WASHINGTON — Individuals with five neurodevelopmental disorders — autism spectrum disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, dyslexia, and specific language impairment (SLI) — appear to compensate for dysfunction by relying on a single powerful and nimble system in the brain known as declarative memory.
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Georgetown Selected Home to CDC Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has selected Georgetown University’s School of Nursing & Health Studies as the new academic home for the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment, a regional Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit.
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Georgetown Consensus Group Issues Recommendations for NIH On Sex Diversity in Research
WASHINGTON — A diverse group of experts from academia, industry and advocacy is offering recommendations to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as the federal research institution works to increase the inclusion of female animal models and achieve a balance in the use of male and female cells and animals in preclinical studies. FASEB Journal published the recommendations online today (and will appear in the May edition).
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An Engineering Approach from Virginia Tech Helps Breast Cancer Researchers at Georgetown
WASHINGTON — Biologists working with engineers and physicists have found a molecule they say helps determine if breast cancer cells that are resistant to antiestrogen therapy will live or die.
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Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Hosted Famed Photographer William Wegman
WASHINGTON — Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Arts and Humanities Program today welcomed famed photographer, painter and author, William Wegman for the opening of “William Wegman: Out of the Box.”
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Cochlear Implant Users Can Hear, Feel the Beat in Music
WASHINGTON — People who use cochlear implants for profound hearing loss do respond to certain aspects of music, contrary to common beliefs and limited scientific research, says a research team headed by an investigator at Georgetown University Medical Center. The scientists say exposure to the beat in music, such as drums, can improve the emotional and social quality-of-life of cochlear implant users and may even help improve their understanding and use of spoken language.
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Widespread Hepatitis C Screening – Do Benefits Outweigh Harms?
WASHINGTON – In light of recent recommendations for widespread hepatitis C screening, researchers are calling for clinical trials to determine if that screening would result in greater benefit or harm.
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Interrupting Cycle of Violence Before Young Perpetrators and Their Victims Reach Adulthood
WASHINGTON – Widespread among adolescents, intimate partner violence and sexual violence can place young people on a lifelong trajectory of aggression — either as victims or perpetrators — endangering their sexual and reproductive health now and in the future.
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