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How discoveries become cures
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How discoveries become cures

Public investments in biomedical research have an outsized effect, driving new scientific insights, economic growth, and ultimately treatments and cures.

‘Leukemia-on-a-chip’ could transform CAR T blood cancer treatments
The actual chip of human leukemia bone marrow where chambers and channels were filled with food dyes.

The actual chip of human leukemia bone marrow where chambers and channels were filled with food dyes.

(Image: NYU Tandon Applied Micro-Bioengineering Laboratory/Courtesy of Weiqiang Chen)

‘Leukemia-on-a-chip’ could transform CAR T blood cancer treatments

In a collaborative effort with NYU, Penn researchers have helped pioneer a novel 3D platform that mimics the human bone marrow and immune environment, enabling more predictive testing of cancer immunotherapy success in patients, including CAR T cell therapies.

3 min. read

Food insecurity linked to elevated mortality risk among cancer survivors

Food insecurity linked to elevated mortality risk among cancer survivors

A new study from the Perelman School of Medicine shows that cancer survivors experiencing food insecurity had a 28 percent relative increase in risk of death versus those who were food secure.

Eric Horvath

1 min. read