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Giuseppe Giaccone Joins Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

WASHINGTON — Internationally recognized lung cancer expert Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD, has joined Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a part of MedStar Georgetown…

February 15, 2013

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New Kind of Stem Cell Spurs Regenerative Medicine Research

Researchers at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center say the powerful cells they first created in the laboratory more than a year ago constitute a new stem-like state of adult…

January 30, 2013

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Newly Found “Volume Control” in the Brain Promotes Learning, Memory

WASHINGTON — Scientists have long wondered how nerve cell activity in the brain’s hippocampus, the epicenter for learning and memory, is controlled — too much synaptic…

January 9, 2013

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Strong Tobacco Control Policies in Brazil Credited for More Than 400,000 Lives Saved

WASHINGTON – High cigarette prices, smoke-free air laws, marketing restrictions and other measures, all part of Brazil’s strong tobacco control policies, are credited for a…

November 6, 2012