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Pharmacology & Physiology News
 

Inaugural Thomas A. Reynolds III Return to Function Challenge Grant Recipients Selected

Faculty from a variety of BGE programs are involved with two translational science teams, working to improve stroke recovery and fight Parkinson’s disease. The teams’ new funding aims to advance one o…

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 overpromising on the benefi…

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 the aging cells, ther…