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With a New ‘Map’ of Cells, Georgetown Cancer Researchers Chart a Course to More Effective Treatment
Faculty and students from Biomedical Graduate Education programs, the School of Medicine and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center are developing a new technique that could revolutionize the way cancers are tracked and treated. Instead of invasive surgical biopsies or time-consuming scans, clinicians could use simple blood tests to determine where the cancer is and whether it is responding to treatment.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Tumor Biology Student Sidharth Jain Combines Discovery and Care on MD/PhD Path
As an MD/PhD in Tumor Biology student, Sidharth Jain works between two worlds of health science. On the PhD side, lab research, data analysis and discovery; on the MD side, patients fighting for their lives.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Months After Chemotherapy, MD/PhD Student Bikes 50 Miles for Cancer Research
A year and a half into medical school at Georgetown, Bryan Weselman was diagnosed with cancer. Now, he’s researching cancer to improve treatment for other patients.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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For This Medical Student, Her Cancer Research Is for Her Little Sister
Ritu Amarnani (M’27), a second-year medical student, spent this summer researching cancer care at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. She turned her career focus toward medicine after her younger sister’s cancer diagnosis and death.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Surgeon and Basic Scientists Partner to Develop New Way to Suss Out Early Problems in Liver Transplantation
A unique collaboration between basic scientists at Georgetown Lombardi and a transplant surgeon at MedStar Health could change how and when problems are identified with liver transplants, leading to expedited treatment and significantly reducing the need for additional testing.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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The Power of Lombardi Care
Jaime Posada was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and given two to six months to live. That was in 2017, before he came to Georgetown Lombardi. Hear Posada’s compelling story.
Category: Special Stories
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Two Undergraduates Working in Georgetown Lombardi Labs Receive Goldwater Scholarships
Dua Mobin (C’25), who works in the Braselmann Lab, and Morgan Rice (C’25), who works in the Riggins Lab, were named 2024 Goldwater Scholars. One of the most prestigious awards for undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and math, the Goldwater Scholarship is given to support and cultivate the next generation of scientists, researchers and engineers.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Hackensack Meridian John Theurer Cancer Center Treats its First Patient in Innovative Cell Therapy Clinical Trial
Researchers at Hackensack Meridian John Theurer Cancer Center — part of the National Cancer Institute-designated Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University —treated its first patient at the Center in a cutting-edge phase I clinical trial of LYL845, a novel cellular therapy under evaluation for advanced melanoma and other select solid tumors. A type of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, LYL845 is custom-made from a patient’s cells and designed to help the immune system find and kill cancer cells.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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John Theurer Cancer Center Physician Co-Authors Clinical Research on Innovative Oral Leukemia Therapy
Researchers at Hackensack Meridian’s John Theurer Cancer Center are part of a published Phase 3 study reporting on the equivalent safety and effectiveness in the oral treatment of blood cancers, such as myelodysplastic syndrome and/or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, to its previously inpatient, intravenous treatment counterparts. John Theurer Cancer Center is part of the NCI-designated Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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John Theurer Cancer Center Physician Co-Authors Clinical Research on mRNA Vaccine Intervention Benefits in High-Risk Melanoma
Researchers at Hackensack University Medical Center’s John Theurer Cancer Center (JTCC), a part of the NCI-designated Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University, reported on a novel mRNA vaccine’s delivering improved survival rates in Stage IIIB and IV (metastatic) skin cancer, as part of an ongoing joint-study.
Category: Lombardi Stories
