Biomedical

Mansa Gurjar, PhD, a postdoctoral student in Georgetown's biology department, is studying neurodevelopment defects that can lead to hearing loss.

New research has uncovered a mechanism thought to explain why some cancers don't respond to a widely used form of immunotherapy called “checkpoint inhibitors” or anti-PD-1.

Fung-Lung Chung can't wait to find out if his mother's belief in the health-promoting properties of the hot green tea she served after meals will be scientifically validated by a…

Mounting evidence from patients and from research in animal models suggests that exposure to common epilepsy drugs, phenobarbital in particular, causes lasting damage to cognitive and motor functions in the…

Every day the world creates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data—25 followed by 17 zeros. Of this data, 30 percent is generated in health care, from laboratories and electronic medical record…

Georgetown invention offers speedy genetic detection of bacterial and viral pathogens.

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found distinct molecular signatures in two brain disorders long thought to be psychological in origin—chronic fatigue syndrome and Gulf War Illness.

Georgetown researchers have developed a new diagnostic tool for bladder cancer that may reduce unnecessary treatment for patients with non-invasive tumors.

Most of the research happening at Georgetown University on any given day is taking place at the Medical Center. How does the Jesuit, Catholic tradition impact the pursuit of biomedical…