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WOMEN & WINE X

WASHINGTON – The 10th Annual Women & Wine event to support breast cancer research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is scheduled for Monday, April 20,…

March 9, 2015

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Georgetown Hosts Conference Focused on Ebola, Global Health Planning and Security

WASHINGTON – Georgetown University Hosts “Ebola and Beyond: Global Epidemics in our One Health World 2015” on Wednesday, March 25,.…

March 9, 2015

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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…

February 23, 2015

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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…

February 16, 2015

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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…

February 12, 2015

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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…

February 8, 2015

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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…

January 27, 2015

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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…

January 26, 2015

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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…

January 25, 2015

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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,…

January 20, 2015