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Nilotinib Appears Safe and Affects Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial
WASHINGTON (May 29, 2020) — A Georgetown University Medical Center clinical trial investigating the cancer drug nilotinib in people with Alzheimer’s disease finds that it is safe…
May 29, 2020
- GUMC Stories
Georgetown’s José Merino Becomes Editor-In-Chief of the World’s Leading Clinical Neurology Journal
(April 18, 2020) — José G. Merino, MD, MPhil, FAHA, FAAN, professor of neurology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, became interested in medical journals as a medical…
April 18, 2020
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Zooming in on Brain Circuits Allows Researchers to Stop Seizure Activity
WASHINGTON (December 16, 2019) — A team of neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found, in animal models, that they can “switch off” epileptic seizures.…
December 16, 2019
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Nilotinib Appears Safe in Parkinson’s Trial; Drug Thought to Allow Dopamine Replenishment
WASHINGTON (December 16, 2019) — A clinical trial investigating the repurposed cancer drug nilotinib in people with Parkinson’s disease finds that it is reasonably safe and well…
December 16, 2019
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Veterans Study Suggests Two Subtypes of Gulf War Illness
WASHINGTON (December 12, 2019) — Brain imaging of veterans with Gulf War illness show varying abnormalities after moderate exercise that can be categorized into two distinct…
December 12, 2019
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Brain Studies Show Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness are Distinct Conditions
CHICAGO (October 23, 2019) — Gulf War Illness (GWI) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) share symptoms of disabling fatigue, pain, systemic hyperalgesia (tenderness), negative…
October 23, 2019
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Exposure to Environmental PCBs Impairs Brain Function in Mice
CHICAGO (October 22, 2019) — Human-made toxic chemicals that linger indefinitely in the environment disrupt the performance of critical helper cells in the mouse brain, leading…
October 22, 2019
- GUMC Stories
Maguire-Zeiss Named New Chair of Department of Neuroscience
(August 29, 2019) — Since joining Georgetown’s faculty in 2007, Kathy Maguire-Zeiss, PhD, has taken on many roles. In addition to being a professor of neuroscience, she directs…
September 3, 2019
- GUMC Stories
Shedding Light on Lewy Body Disease
(May 30, 2019) — Though many people are familiar with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, fewer have heard of Lewy body dementia, a neurodegenerative disorder with similar…
May 30, 2019
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Georgetown University Launches Clinical Trial for Lewy Body Dementia
MEDIA CONTACT:(for members of the press only) Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu PATIENT INFORMATION:Joy Arellanomja6@gunet.georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (May 30, 2019) — Georgetown…
May 30, 2019