Perelman School of Medicine

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New data reveals cell size sparks genome awakening in embryos

An innovative study provides a new perspective on how a zygote transitions from maternal to zygotic control, uncovering how an embryo “recognizes” when to undergo this transition.

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Managing asthma amid the summer heat and dips in air quality

For people with asthma, effective treatment plans can help patients better manage their condition and prevent complications. However, a variety of factors, like increased exposure to poor air quality, can make life more challenging.

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Q&A

Why do Achilles ruptures take so long to heal?

Kathryn O’Connor, an assistant professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine, gives the ins and outs of Achilles tears.

Q&A

The state of Alzheimer’s research at Penn

The Penn Memory Center’s Sanjeev Vaishnavi discusses the progress and setbacks made in Alzheimer’s research in the past five years.

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Collegiate affirmative action bans linked to smoking among minority students

A Penn Medicine study shows unanticipated adverse effects of affirmative action bans on health behaviors in minority high school students.

Climbers, including Sophie Hilaire, a 2017 graduate of the Wharton MBA Program, descend from the summit of Mount Everest on May 23.

Views from the top of the world

Members of the Penn community give accounts of their expeditions to Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.

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Elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma benefit from targeted therapies

A Penn study of Medicare patients who are often underrepresented in medical trials finds overall survival benefits from treatment with targeted therapies.

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Quantifying the health risks of being a family caregiver

Health care and economics researchers find that more research is needed in the area of ‘next friend risk,’ or the full dimension of health risks faced by family and friends who become caregivers to the homebound.

How to reinvigorate exhausted immune cells to stop cancer

A Penn study has identified a protein called TOX that regulates exhausted T-cells, and could be a key to new immunotherapies.

Q&A

Why is it so difficult to sleep when it’s hot?

Philip Gehrman of the Penn Sleep Center offers an explanation—and explores some other recent questions posed by sleep scholars.

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