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Novel fMRI Technique Identifies HIV-Associated Cognitive Decline Before Symptoms Occur
WASHINGTON — A five-minute functional MRI (fMRI) test can pick up neuronal dysfunction in HIV-positive individuals who don’t yet exhibit cognitive decline, say…
December 7, 2014
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Common Chemotherapy Is Not Heart Toxic in Patients With BRCA1/2 Mutations
SAN ANTONIO — Use of anthracycline-based chemotherapy, a common treatment for breast cancer, has negligible cardiac toxicity in women whose tumors have BRCA1/2 mutations &…
December 7, 2014
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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…
December 5, 2014
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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…
November 19, 2014
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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…
November 16, 2014
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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…
November 13, 2014
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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…
November 6, 2014
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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…
November 4, 2014
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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…
November 3, 2014
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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…
October 31, 2014