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St. Baldrick’s Grant Awarded to Georgetown University Medical Center
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven and donor-centered charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, has awarded a one-year infrastructure grant of $75,000 to Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).
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Georgetown Psychiatrist Comments on Mental Health Portion of President’s Gun Violence Plan
Today, President Barack Obama outlined his four-part plan to reduce gun violence. The final part of the plan calls for increased access to, and health insurance coverage for, mental health services.
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Georgetown Physician Comments on Robin Roberts To Return to Good Morning America
Today, ABC Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts announced her return to the popular morning show following a medical leave of absence. Roberts was diagnosed last year with myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, and received a bone marrow transplant to treat the blood disorder.
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Newly Found “Volume Control” in the Brain Promotes Learning, Memory
Scientists have long wondered how nerve cell activity in the brain’s hippocampus, the epicenter for learning and memory, is controlled — too much synaptic communication between neurons can trigger a seizure, and too little impairs information processing, promoting neurodegeneration.
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Howard J. Federoff Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Howard J. Federoff, MD, PhD, executive vice president of health sciences at Georgetown University Medical Center and executive dean of its School of Medicine, has been named a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
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Capital Breast Care Center Appoints New Executive Director
Wanda Lucas, MBA, has been named executive director of the Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC), a part of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Removing Protein “Garbage” in Nerve Cells May Help Control Two Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center say they have new evidence that challenges scientific dogma involving two fatal neurodegenerative diseases — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) — and, in the process, have uncovered a possible therapeutic target as a novel strategy to treat both disorders.
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Study Uncovers Possible Mechanism Used by BRCA1 to Suppress Tumors
A new study by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers reveals how a well-known tumor suppressor gene may be functioning to stop cancer cell growth.
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Going Back To School After the Newtown Massacre; Georgetown Experts Offer Advice for Parents
As parents around the country prepare to send their children back to school on Monday, the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, could result in many children, moms, and dads feeling anxious about routine school activities.
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Louis M. Weiner Appointed to NCI Board of Scientific Counselors
Louis M. Weiner, M.D., director of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been appointed to the Board of Scientific Counselors for Clinical Sciences and Epidemiology for the National Cancer Institute.
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