All Posts: obesity

• An Overlooked Hormone Eyed as Deadly Driver of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in Women with Obesity

  A new analysis of research into the most common type of breast cancer has zeroed in on an overlooked hormone that may be responsible for the increased risk of breast cancer death in postmenopausal women with obesity. It also raises the possibility that treatment of these aggressive breast cancers could be improved with the addition of weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists.

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer research, Georgetown Lombardi, GLP-1 receptor agonists, obesity, obesity and cancer, research

• Obese Mice Lose a Third of Their Fat Using a Natural Protein

  MEDIA CONTACTKaren Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (October 29, 2018) — To the great surprise of cancer researchers, a protein they investigated for its possible role in cancer turned out to be a powerful regulator of metabolism. The Georgetown University-led study found that forced expression of this protein in a laboratory strain of obese mice showed a remarkable […]

  Category: News Release Tags: biomedical research, global health, metabolism research, obesity, population health, School of Medicine