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Georgetown Co-Leads New NIH-Funded Multi-Institutional ALS Clinical Research Consortium

In an effort to disrupt the ALS clinical research landscape in the U.S., the National Institutes of Health has announced the establishment of a transformative national clinical…

November 3, 2023

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The Curious Brain: Interdisciplinary Solutions for the Complex Problems of Neuroscience

Georgetown’s Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience offers doctoral students the ability to see neuroscience through the lens of multiple disciplines, not only allowing for…

July 13, 2023

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A New Understanding of How the Brain Processes and Stores Words We Hear

Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists say the brain’s auditory lexicon, a catalog of verbal language, is actually located in the front of the primary auditory…

July 5, 2023

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Understanding How to Best Transform Speech into Tactile Vibrations Could Benefit Hearing-Impaired People

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center, in collaboration with George Washington University, leveraged their understanding of auditory speech processing in the brain…

May 17, 2023

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Looking for a Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Disease

After nearly two decades of clinical trials failing to deliver new treatments, Alzheimer’s disease researchers and clinicians, as well as patients and their families, have…

April 6, 2023

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Huntington’s Disease Care, Education and Research Center at Georgetown Designated as a Center of Excellence

The Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) has renewed its designation of Georgetown’s Huntington’s Disease Care, Education and Research Center as an HDSA Center of…

March 10, 2023

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After Stroke in an Infant’s Brain, Right Side of Brain Compensates for Loss of Language in Left Side

As Children with Left-hemisphere Strokes Grow Up, Ability to Understand Language Shifts to Right side. WASHINGTON (October 10, 2022) — A clinical study conducted by researchers…

October 10, 2022

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Biomarkers Found That Could Be Drug Targets Against a Deadly Form of Brain Cancer

June 22, 2022

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Vascular Defects Appear to Underlie the Progression of Parkinson’s Disease

WASHINGTON (Friday, November 12, 2021) — In an unexpected discovery, Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have identified what appears to be a significant vascular…

November 12, 2021

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Insights Into How a Stroke Affects Reading Could Help With Rehabilitation

WASHINGTON (August 29, 2021) — Georgetown University researchers, looking at the ability of people to sound out words after a stroke, found that knowing which region of the…

August 29, 2021