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Advanced Melanoma Survival Improves Significantly When Immunotherapy is Given Before Targeted Therapy
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September 27, 2022
- News Release
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 collaborative…
August 10, 2022
- GUMC Stories
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 than…
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, MD,…
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 large…
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
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To Close Racial Health Inequity Chasm, a Comprehensive Audit of Historical Policies, Events and Practices is Needed
WASHINGTON (February 7, 2022) — A thorough examination of federal as well as local — city, county, and state — historical policies, practices and events is imperative to fully…
February 7, 2022
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Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Guide the Search for the Next SARS-like Virus
WASHINGTON (January 10, 2022) — An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has demonstrated the power of artificial intelligence to predict which…
January 10, 2022
- GUMC Stories
Eliminating the Need for Anti-Rejection Drugs for Transplant Recipients
(January 9, 2022) — Courtney Howard, 43, needed a kidney transplant to save her life and be cured of hereditary polycystic kidney disease. While she knew the kidney transplant…
January 9, 2022