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  • Pathway behind muscle breakdowns in Duchenne muscular dystrophy discovered

    An overactive genetic pathway in muscle stem cells was found to shorten the ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, resulting in DNA damage that impedes the normal healing response, according to a new study by researchers in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. The researchers believe this finding unveils the body’s origin point for the chronic muscle injuries associated with diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Harun Küçük named new director of Middle East Center

    Associate Professor in the Department of History and Sociology of Science Harun Küçük, a historian of early modern Ottoman science, will be assuming the leadership of the Center on July 1, 2021.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →

  • University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Troutman Pepper partner to address dearth of immigration lawyers

    For the past three years, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students at the Toll Public Interest Center have have partnered with Troutman Pepper’s Pepper Center for Public Service to perform pro bono immigration work and address the scarcity of immigration lawyers currently in practice across the U.S. The pro bono immigration work encompasses all facets of the immigration process, from court proceedings to dealings with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and various social service agencies.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →

  • New mechanism of lung tissue regeneration refutes widely held assumptions on how alveolar epithelial cells differentiate

    New research study findings from Penn Medicine, published in Cell Stem Cell, show that the long-held assumption that alveolar type 1 and alveolar type 2 cells behave the same way in children and in adults is untrue. The findings could impact the understanding of regenerative lung therapies and why COVID-19 and other viruses affect children differently than adults.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • PARP inhibitor shrinks tumors in pancreatic cancer patients with mutations

    More than two-thirds of pancreatic cancer patients harboring genetic mutations saw their tumor stop growing or shrink substantially after being switched from intensive chemotherapy to the PARP inhibitor rucaparib as a maintenance therapy, researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center reported online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Meet the 2021-22 Perry World House student fellows

    Perry World House has selected 33 undergraduate students for its 2021-22 World House Student Fellows program. The student fellows represent all four of Penn’s undergraduate schools, sharing a keen interest in global affairs.

    FULL STORY AT Perry World House →

  • How opioid supply shortages shape emergency department prescribing behaviors

    A Penn Medicine study reveals that external factors, such as the volume of pre-filled syringes, or a default number of opioid tablets that could easily be ordered at discharge, can shift prescribing and compel emergency department physicians to administer or prescribe greater quantities of opioids. Opioid prescribing behavior can also be decreased by external factors, such as a supply shortage.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School establishes the Cozen Family Voting Rights Fellowship

    With the support of a multiyear gift from Steve and Sandy Cozen, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School has launched the Cozen Family Voting Rights Fellowship, which will provide two years of funding for a graduate working to advance and protect voting rights.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →

  • $3.5 million grant supports effort led by Penn Medicine to diversify Alzheimer’s disease research

    The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement program will award a $3.5 million grant to Penn Medicine researchers and community partners to address the underrepresentation of Black adults in Alzheimer’s disease research.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • 2021 CAREER Award recipient: Celia Reina

    The William K. Gemmill Term Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, received the award for interdisciplinary research spanning mechanical engineering, statistical physics and machine learning, and will fund Reina’s research and multiple associated outreach initiatives designed to increase gender, racial and socioeconomic diversity in STEM.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →