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Getting science right in the fake news era
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    • Getting science right in the fake news era

    Over his career as a science journalist, Carl Zimmer has seen legitimate science reporting denied and illegitimate science news taken as fact. In advance of a talk at Penn, Zimmer discusses the problem of misinformation and offers tips for avoiding being fooled by bogus science stories.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Johnson & Johnson lands at Penn
    'Bell ringing' at JPOD launch Earlier this month, Johnson and Johnson’s Michael Sneed and Penn President Amy Gutmann joined at the Pennovation Center to celebrate the launch of JPOD @ Philadelphia, a networking hub for several startups in the health and biotechnology field. Avisi is part of the inaugural cohort of resident companies supported by the incubator.

    Johnson & Johnson lands at Penn

    JPOD @ Philadelphia officially launched at Pennovation Works on Nov. 1, expanding the region’s ever-evolving innovation ecosystem.

    Lauren Hertzler

    Two apps target cancer risk in marginalized populations
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    Two apps target cancer risk in marginalized populations

    The tech-based mobile health interventions from Nursing’s Anne Teitelman focus on preventive health actions, including the HPV vaccine.

    Michele W. Berger

    Staging the plague
    Laurel Redding of the School of Veterinary Medicine writes on an easel as members of her table look on

    Gathered in Fagin Hall for a daylong disease outbreak symposium, students worked across disciplines to devise strategies for containing a fictionalized infection. Laurel Redding, a School of Veterinary Medicine faculty member and event facilitator, writes up her group’s thoughts during a brainstorming session. 

    Staging the plague

    Eighty-one students training in a diversity of health professions worked with regional and federal agencies to confront an imagined outbreak scenario centered around bubonic plague in Philadelphia.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Be in the know about your health, and be rewarded
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    Be in the know about your health, and be rewarded

    From Human Resources’ 2018-19 “Be in the Know” campaign to details about diabetes, cancer, and other screenings recommended by a Penn Med expert, a breakdown of ways to make healthy living achievable.
    Future fertility: Giving hope to men who received childhood cancer treatment
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    Future fertility: Giving hope to men who received childhood cancer treatment

    Researchers have discovered a way to grow human stem cells destined to become mature sperm in an effort to provide fertility options later in life to males who are diagnosed with cancer and undergo chemotherapy and radiation as children.

    Penn Today Staff

    Abramson Cancer Center receives $10.7 million to study CAR T cells in solid tumors
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    Abramson Cancer Center receives $10.7 million to study CAR T cells in solid tumors

    A new program project grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will fund research by the Translational Center of Excellence for Lung Cancer Immunology for experimental approaches in lung cancer and mesothelioma.

    Penn Today Staff

    Skin cream use OK’d during radiation therapy
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    Skin cream use OK’d during radiation therapy

    A new study challenges common advice given to patients about whether topical creams increase radiation dose during cancer treatment.

    Penn Today Staff