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Agent Prevents Prostate Cancer Growth and Spread in Animal Studies
WASHINGTON — Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have completed a critical step in the journey from a basic science discovery in the lab to a potential clinical application, showing that an experimental agent prevents tumor growth and spread in mice with prostate cancer harboring a common chromosomal abnormality.
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Family Planning Programs Involving Men, Empower Women
WASHINGTON—In a society where women often lead very restricted lives and men are the primary household decision makers, new research suggests women are empowered when men are included in family planning programs. A study, from the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University Medical Center, suggests that addressing the dynamics between husbands and wives can result in women making more financial decisions and having more control over their social interactions, while at the same time meeting their family planning needs.
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‘Not Just a Flavoring’: Menthol and Nicotine, Combined, Desensitize Airway Receptors
Menthol acts in combination with nicotine to desensitize receptors in lungs’ airways that are responsible for nicotine’s irritation, say neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).
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Society for Neuroscience Honors Karen Gale for Mentoring, Promoting Women
WASHINGTON — The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has posthumously awarded Karen Gale, PhD, a professor of pharmacology at Georgetown University Medical Center, with its Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring.
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“Not Just a Flavoring:” Menthol and Nicotine, Combined, Desensitize Airway Receptors
WASHINGTON — Menthol acts in combination with nicotine to desensitize receptors in lungs’ airways that are responsible for nicotine’s irritation, say neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).
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What Brain Studies Reveal About the Risk of Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse
WASHINGTON — Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) are zeroing in on brain factors and behaviors that put teens at risk of alcohol use and abuse even before they start drinking.
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Georgetown's Elissa L. Newport Selected to Receive 2015 Franklin Institute Award
WASHINGTON — The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia announced today that Georgetown University Medical Center’s Elissa L. Newport, PhD, is one of nine people to receive a 2015 Franklin Institute Award. Newport’s award is for her contributions to understanding the nature of human language.
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Tau, Not Amyloid-beta, Triggers Neuronal Death Process in Alzheimer’s
WASHINGTON (Oct. 31, 2014) — New research points to malfunctioning tau, not amyloid-beta (Abeta) plaque, as the seminal event that spurs neuron death in disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. The finding, which dramatically alters the prevailing theory of Alzheimer’s development, also explains why some people with plaque build-up in their brains don’t have dementia. The […]
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Sharsheret and Georgetown Join Forces to Enhance Support Programs for Young Women with Breast Cancer
WASHINGTON — Sharsheret, a national not-for-profit organization supporting young women and families of all Jewish backgrounds facing breast cancer, has teamed up with Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of Sharsheret’s culturally relevant breast cancer support programs.
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NEJM Perspective: “The FDA, E-Cigarettes, and the Demise of Combusted Tobacco”
WASHINGTON – The popularity of E-cigarettes could lead to the “demise” of cigarette smoking and save thousands of lives, but not until they are proven safe and are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). That’s the message from two Georgetown University Medical Center researchers in a perspective piece published Oct. 16 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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