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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…
December 11, 2013
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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…
December 11, 2013
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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.…
December 11, 2013
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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 —…
December 11, 2013
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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.…
December 11, 2013
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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…
December 11, 2013
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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…
December 11, 2013
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Symposium Explores Obstacles to Boosting Patient Enrollment in Clinical…
December 11, 2013
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Symposium Explores Obstacles to Boosting Patient Enrollment in Clinical Trials
Cancer patients, their families, advocates, health care providers, researchers, media and the public are invited to the 3rd Annual Ruesch Center Symposium on November 30 and…
December 11, 2013
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Georgetown University Medical Center Presents Top Honor to John Ruffin
Georgetown University Medical Center awarded its highest honor, the Cura Personalis Award, to John Ruffin, Ph.D., director the National Institute on Minority Health and Health…
December 11, 2013