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Georgetown Researchers Receive $1.2M for Neurodegenerative Disorder Research

Posted by Laura Braden on Fri, Jan 23, 2015

Georgetown researchers received NIH grant to study mechanisms that contribute to neurdegenerative disorders. There are many well-known neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's that are caused by the loss of neurons which can lead to memory loss or the loss of nerve function. Neurodegenerative diseases can also occur from other diseases, such as HIV which can induce dementia. Researchers at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. have been studying different molecular mechanisms that contribute to Alzheimer's disease and HIV-induced dementia. 

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