All Posts: radiation

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Rate of Rare Liver Cancer High Among Russian Nuclear Workers, Particularly Women, Study Finds

A new study of Russian nuclear workers, one of only a few to examine liver cancer in people exposed to radiation in a chronic, low-dose occupational setting, finds higher rates…

August 28, 2025

GUMC Stories

Called To Be a Space Biologist, Postdoc Participates in Selective NASA Program

A NASA program is putting Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Geraldine Vitry, PhD, a step closer to realizing her goal of contributing to humans walking on.…

November 20, 2023

GUMC Stories

What Scott Kelly’s Year in Space Might Mean for a Mars Mission

GUMC Update sat down with Albert J. Fornace, Jr., MD, who holds the molecular cancer research chair at Georgetown Lombardi, to discuss his work on cosmic radiation and potential…

March 4, 2016

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Georgetown Author Says Radiation Fears Will Be “Rearranged” With New Book, Strange Glow

WASHINGTON — It’s a common paradox. Why is it that some people fear using cellphones believing radiation from the device will cause a brain tumor, but will gladly…

March 4, 2016

GUMC Stories

Medical Center Researchers Named National Academy of Inventors Fellows

Two Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) researchers--Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD, and Anatoly Dritschilo, MD--have been named 2014 Fellows of the National Academy of…

December 16, 2014