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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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The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Publishes a Checklist to Maximize the Benefit to Patients for Clinical Trials in Immuno-oncology

October 6, 2022

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Long-term Study Supports Link Between Inflammation and Cognitive Problems in Older Breast Cancer Survivors

September 30, 2022

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Advanced Melanoma Survival Improves Significantly When Immunotherapy is Given Before Targeted Therapy

September 27, 2022

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NSF Awards Georgetown University $12.5M to Establish Institute for Emerging Virus Research

WASHINGTON (August 10, 2022) — The National Science Foundation has awarded Georgetown University $12.5 million to lead a global team of scientists in establishing a…

August 10, 2022

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Studying Strategies to Achieve Men’s Health Equity

(July 30, 2022) — As founder and director of the Center for Men’s Health Equity, Derek Griffith, PhD, strives to solve a mystery: Why do men, on average, live shorter lives…

July 30, 2022

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Georgetown Awarded $23.6M to Study Treatments for Acute Rhinosinusitis

WASHINGTON (July 28, 2022) — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has awarded a Georgetown University Medical Center research team led by Dan Merenstein,, …

July 28, 2022

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Undergraduates Study Respiratory Viruses from Bench to Bedside in School of Health-Led Internship in Argentina

(July 1, 2022) — Georgetown undergraduates taking part in the Translational Health Science Internship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, learned what patients with respiratory viruses…

July 1, 2022

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New Study Finds Climate Change Could Spark the Next Pandemic

WASHINGTON (April 28, 2022) — As the Earth’s climate continues to warm, researchers predict wild animals will be forced to relocate their habitats — likely to regions with…

April 28, 2022

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Researchers Find Humans Have Given Wild Animals Their Diseases Nearly 100 Times

WASHINGTON (March 23, 2022) — An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has found that humans might give viruses back to animals more often than…

March 23, 2022