All Posts: aging
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Some Cancer Therapies May Provide a New Way to Treat High Blood Pressure
Drugs designed to halt cancer growth may offer a new way to control high blood pressure (hypertension), say Georgetown University Medical Center investigators. The finding could offer an advance in hypertension treatment.
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Agent Clears Toxic Proteins, Reduces Inflammation and Improves Cognition in Neurodegeneration Models
LONDON (July 16, 2017) — Researchers have found cell receptors abnormally overexpressed in post-mortem brains of those with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, and that they can be inhibited in animal models to clear toxic protein buildup, reduce brain inflammation, and improve cognitive performance. These dual findings, presented by Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) researchers at […]
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Steroid Originally Discovered in the Dogfish Shark Attacks Parkinson’s-Related Toxin in Animal Model
A naturally occurring steroid made by the dogfish shark prevents the buildup of a lethal protein in animal studies, reports an international team of researchers. The clustering of this protein, alpha-synuclein (α-synuclein), is the hallmark of Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, suggesting a new potential compound for therapeutic research.
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Nobel Prize-winning Science is Key to Georgetown Neurotherapeutic Research
Today, the 2016 Nobel Prize in the category of medicine or physiology was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi “for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy,” a fundamental process for degrading and recycling cellular components.
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Georgetown Receives FDA Clearance to Conduct Clinical Trial with Nilotinib in Alzheimer’s Disease
Georgetown University Medical Center today announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has completed its review of an investigational new drug application (IND) for the use of nilotinib in a phase II clinical trial for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease.
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Resveratrol Appears to Restore Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity in Alzheimer’s Disease
TORONTO (July 27, 2016) — Resveratrol, given to Alzheimer’s patients, appears to restore the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, reducing the ability of harmful immune molecules secreted by immune cells to infiltrate from the body into brain tissues, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. The reduction in neuronal inflammation slowed the cognitive decline of patients, […]
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More Evidence in Quest to Repurpose Cancer Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease
TORONTO – An FDA approved drug to treat renal cell carcinoma appears to reduce levels of a toxic brain protein linked to dementia in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases when given to animals. This finding is the latest from Georgetown University Medical Center’s Translational Neurotherapeutics Program (TNP) examining tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Study: Cancer Drug Restores Brain Dopamine, Reduces Toxic Proteins in Parkinson, Dementia
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (July 11, 2016) — A small proof of concept study provides molecular evidence that an FDA-approved drug for leukemia significantly increased brain dopamine and reduced toxic proteins linked to disease progression in patients with Parkinson’s disease or dementia with Lewy bodies. Dopamine is the brain chemical (neurotransmitter) lost as a result […]
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Georgetown Alzheimer’s Researcher Has “BrightFocus”
(June 12, 2016) — Xiong Jiang, PhD, believes there is a way to identify patients at an early enough stage in Alzheimer’s disease — well before clinical symptoms crop up — that they could be effectively treated with novel agents. His ideas have earned him a 3-year $300,000 grant from the BrightFocus Foundation, and on […]
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Georgetown University and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Offer Fellowship in Regulatory Science
WASHINGTON and NEW YORK — Georgetown University Medical Center and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research announce a fellowship in regulatory science that will promote postgraduate training in the Parkinson’s research field to optimize clinical trial design and support approval of novel therapies.
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