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Scientists Call for Investigation of Mysterious Cloud-like Collections In Cells
WASHINGTON — About 50 years ago, electron microscopy revealed the presence of tiny blob-like structures that form inside cells, move around and disappear. But scientists…
September 1, 2014
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NEJM Perspective: “Studying ‘Secret Serums’ — Toward Safe, Effective Ebola Treatments”
WASHINGTON -- Conducting clinical studies of agents to treat Ebola and allowing compassionate use of those agents are not necessarily mutually exclusive, writes Georgetown…
August 20, 2014
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Undergraduate Student Mentored in Georgetown Lombardi Lab Wins Goldwater Scholarship
WASHINGTON -- A Georgetown University undergraduate student conducting research on one of the most common and devastating childhood brain tumors has received a prestigious…
July 30, 2014
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Mindfulness: Is There a Down Side?
WASHINGTON — Mindfulness — that quality of being aware and “in the moment” — is known to increase emotional wellbeing and improve focus. But…
July 26, 2014
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Georgetown Bioethicist to Advise Pontifical Council
WASHINGTON — Kevin FitzGerald, PhD, SJ, a Jesuit priest, Georgetown bioethicist and cancer researcher, has been appointed by Pope Francis to serve as a consultor to the…
July 24, 2014
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A Single Gene Separates Aggressive and Non-aggressive Lymphatic System Cancer
WASHINGTON — For a rare form of cancer called thymoma, researchers have discovered a single gene defining the difference between a fast-growing tumor requiring aggressive…
June 27, 2014
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Georgetown Huntington Disease Center Studies New Drug to Control Unwanted Movements
WASHINGTON – The Huntington Disease Care, Education and Research Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, in collaboration with Georgetown University Medical…
June 17, 2014
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Majority of Older Breast Cancer Patients Use Hormone Treatment
WASHINGTON — One of the most comprehensive looks at the use of hormone therapy in women over 65 with non-metastatic breast cancer found some welcome news. Except for frail…
June 17, 2014
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Tamoxifen Resistant Breast Cancer Reversed When Drug Paired with Anti-malaria Agent
WASHINGTON — The inexpensive anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) reverses resistance to tamoxifen, a widely used breast cancer drug, in.…
June 13, 2014
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Media Advisory: The Men’s Event Benefitting Prostate Cancer Research
Last year, nearly 239,000 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer, and according to the American Cancer Society, about 30,000 men died from the disease. On Monday, June 23, for…
June 10, 2014