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Penn Medicine Study: Sorafenib Shows Success in Advanced Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Patients
The kidney and liver cancer drug sorafenib holds metastatic thyroid cancer at bay for nearly twice as long as a placebo, according to a new study from researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania published in the journal Lancet. This is the first effective treatment for thyroid cancer patients who progress following standard treatments.Preliminary results of this randomized phase III trial were presented at a plenary session during the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in 2013.
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Penn Vet researcher makes progress toward controlling viral diseases
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 140 lives in recent months. The disease is a frightening one, with fatality rates that can approach 90 percent and no effective vaccine or cure. A pair of recent studies by the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Ronald Harty, an associate professor of microbiology, offer hope that Ebola and other viral diseases, including HIV and rabies, may one day be treatable by broad-spectrum antiviral drugs.
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Penn Fruitfly Study Identifies Brain Circuit that Drives Daily Cycles of Rest, Activity
Amita Sehgal, PhD, a professor of Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, describes in Cell a circuit in the brain of fruit flies that controls their daily, rhythmic behavior of rest and activity. The new study also found that the fly version of the human brain protein known as corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) is a major coordinating molecule in this circuit.
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Renovation slated to begin on historic Richards Labs
Planted firmly between the Quad’s Gothic revival dormitories and the lush oasis of the BioPond is the Richards Medical Research Laboratory, or Richards Labs, a structure credited with changing the course of modern architecture.
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When good computer users do bad things
In a perfect world, employees would always follow company online privacy and security protocols. They’d safeguard passwords, heed warnings about invalid or obsolete programming, and only use websites with valid SSL certificates.
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Penn Medicine: Two Commonly Used Medications Equally Effective in Treating Seizures in Children
The sedative drugs diazepam (Valium) and lorazepam (Ativan) are equally effective in treating the prolonged seizures known as status epilepticus in children, according to a randomized, controlled study by a multi-institution team of researchers with the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, including an expert from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Diazepam and lorazepam are given intravenously (IV) for the treatment of prolonged seizures.
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PHENND’s 25th Anniversary Conference to be Held at Penn
The Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development will host its 25th Anniversary Conference, April 24-25, at the University of Pennsylvania’s Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St. Drawing attendees from around the country, the theme of this year’s conference is “Anchor Institutions: A Regional Approach.”
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Race and Sports Lecture at Penn Presents ‘Little Ballers’ Film Screening and Discussion
WHO: Bill Rhoden, The New York Times sports columnist
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Penn Bioinformatics Profiling Identifies a New Mammalian Clock Gene
Over the last few decades researchers have characterized a set of clock genes that drive daily rhythms of physiology and behavior in all types of species, from flies to humans. Over 15 mammalian clock proteins have been identified, but researchers surmise there are more. A team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania wondered if big-data approaches could find them.
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Penn Senior Alice Xie to Give Emerging Scholar Talk on China’s Economic Growth
Alice Xie, a University of Pennsylvania senior, will deliver the Communication Within the Curriculum Emerging Scholar Talk on April 23 at 6:30 p.m. in Stiteler Hall Room B26, 208 S. 37th St.