All Posts: aging
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- GUMC Stories
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 —…
June 12, 2016
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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…
June 1, 2016
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“SNIFF,” a Nasal Insulin Study for Alzheimer’s, Now Underway at Georgetown
WASHINGTON – Georgetown University’s Memory Disorders Program is looking for volunteers to participate in a study to see if insulin, the hormone used to treat…
April 8, 2016
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Georgetown Study Opens for Those With Inherited Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
WASHINGTON — The Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University Medical Center is seeking volunteers to participate in a study testing two agents to slow the onset and…
March 28, 2016
- News Release
First Diagnosed Case of Alzheimer’s Disease in HIV-Positive Individual Reported
WASHINGTON (April 15, 2016) — Georgetown University researchers are reporting the first case of Alzheimer’s disease diagnosed in an HIV-positive individual. The finding in a…
March 23, 2016
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Researcher Debunks Alzheimer's Prevailing Development Theory
(October 31, 2014) – New research that dramatically alters the prevailing theory of how Alzheimer’s disease develops has been published online today by Georgetown researchers in…
October 31, 2014