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Could a Georgetown Lab Finding Lead to New Treatment in Pancreatic Cancer?
For the first time, new research by Georgetown scientists shows potential to make immunotherapy effective in pancreatic cancer by combining it with a drug that makes cancer cells…
February 2, 2024
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Understanding Immunotherapy Resistance Leads to New Therapeutic Strategies — and Hope
Samir Khleif, MD, an immunologist and professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi, is working to understand why some cancers become resistant to immunotherapy, and how that…
January 18, 2024
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Georgetown Lombardi Faculty Members Aim To Improve Lung Cancer Screening and Smoking Cessation Rates by Focusing on Equity in Care
Kathryn Taylor, PhD, professor of oncology, believes she can have no greater impact on reducing the burden of cancer than by focusing on the harms of tobacco use. The work she co…
January 12, 2024
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The Brelidze Lab: A Story of Collaboration and Scientific Resilience
Tinatin “Tina” Brelidze, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, studies ion channels, membrane proteins involved in many. …
January 9, 2024
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Researchers Pinpoint Brain Area Where People Who Are Blind Recognize Faces Identified by Sound
Using a specialized device that translates images into sound, Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists and colleagues showed that people who are blind recognized…
November 22, 2023
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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
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Georgetown Global Health Center Launches First Open-Access Wildlife Disease Database
Georgetown University Medical Center’s Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) today announces the launch of a first-of-its-kind wildlife disease database — a system…
November 15, 2023
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Computer Models Fill Critical Knowledge Gaps To Help Reduce Cancer Disparities
Reducing health disparities in incidence and mortality for major types of cancers can be aided by sophisticated computer modeling efforts, according to new, wide-ranging…
November 8, 2023
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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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Tobacco Regulations Center Receives $20 Million for Tobacco Use Research
The Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR) — a collaboration among Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, and the British Columbia (BC) Cancer…
November 1, 2023