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Cancer Frontiers Symposium Highlights Treatment Challenges, Emerging Technologies
Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) faculty and students in December hosted a symposium focused on challenges and possibilities in cancer treatment. “Cancer Frontiers: Rare…
January 28, 2026
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New Understanding of How to Harness the Immune System to Fight Cancer
Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a new way to reprogram T cells, which are infection and tumor-fighting white blood,…
January 14, 2026
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4 Tips To Counter Brain Rot in 2026, According to Medical School Professors
BGE faculty share advice for keeping your brain healthy as part of Georgetown's "Ask a Professor".…
January 12, 2026
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PharmedOut Team Weighs In on Promotion of Hormone Therapy for Menopause
In an opinion essay in STAT, members of GUMC's evidence-based prescribing project discuss the history of hormone therapy for menopause: "Women should be wary of influencers…
January 8, 2026
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Method Developed to Identify Best Treatment Combinations for Glioblastoma Based on Unique Cellular Targets
Researchers at Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center developed a new computational approach that uncovers possible drugs for specific cellular targets for treating…
January 7, 2026
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Clearing the Brain of Aging Cells Could Aid Epilepsy and Reduce Seizures
A new study from researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center found that this form of epilepsy can be treated in mice by either genetically or pharmaceutically eradicating…
December 22, 2025
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Professor Makes Strides in Pancreatic Cancer Detection and Treatment
With a five-year survival rate of only 3%, pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate of all cancers. Tumor Biology Program faculty member Jill P. Smith, professor of…
December 19, 2025
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Former Federal Employees Find Renewed Purpose in Georgetown Graduate Programs
Amid a mass reduction in federal government jobs, Georgetown has started a scholarship program to help current and recent federal civil workers to pursue a master's degree.…
December 19, 2025
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Dissertation Award for BGE Students Will Honor Longtime Professor Stefano Vicini
The inaugural Stefano Vicini Dissertation Award will be presented in May 2026. Vicini, who retired in summer 2025, has been a Georgetown faculty member for 40 years and has…
December 19, 2025
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Georgetown, Institute for Natural Medicine and MedStar to Offer a Continuing Medical Education Course in Whole-Person Health
For decades, BGE has taught graduate students about the intersections between biomedicine and alternative health practices. Now, Integrative Medicine & Health Sciences Director…
December 19, 2025