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May 02, 2024
Study examines if gene editing can help people living with transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) WASHINGTON – The first U.S. heart patient involved in a study for a new gene-ed...
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July 29, 2016The first clinical trial to test a newly approved breast cancer drug specifically in African American patients is now enrolling at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and will begin soon at five other institutions in Washington, DC, Maryland, Alabama and New Jersey.
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June 17, 2016The first clinical trial to compare standard of care chemotherapy with molecularly tailored therapy (also known as precision medicine) for metastatic pancreatic cancer is now enrolling patients at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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June 17, 2016Barbara S. Bregman, PhD, senior research scientist and director of education and training with MedStar NRH Research Division, and a professor in the Departments of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center and the Center for Brain Plasticity at Georgetown University, is the recipient of the 28th Annual John W. Goldschmidt Award.
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May 17, 2016In 2013 at the age of 53, Semple, a healthy trialthlete, was diagnosed with advanced cancer of the thymus, a small gland in the neck that produces T cells for the immune system.
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February 26, 2016The Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University is seeking volunteers to participate in an international clinical trial of a drug that, in an early phase study, has demonstrated promise in slowing mental decline in Alzheimer’s disease.
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February 12, 2016Georgetown University Medical Center will host the first summit to explore gender differences of female brain injuries