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Georgetown University Medical Center and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have announced a unique research agreement that will combine molecular and clinical data collected at Georgetown with supercomputing capabilities that will allow the organizations to better understand vast quantities of collected information and data.

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found a small molecule they say can block the action of the oncogene that causes Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer found in children and young adults.

If further studies continue to prove beneficial, they say the novel agent could be the first targeted therapy to treat the disease, which can produce tumors anywhere in the body.