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Penn: Pluripotent Stem Cells Made From Pancreatic Cancer Cells Show Progression
Pancreatic cancer carries a dismal prognosis. According to the National Cancer Institute, the overall five-year relative survival for 2003-2009 was 6 percent.Still, researchers and clinicians don’t have a non-invasive way to even detect early cells that portent later disease. ‘There’s no PSA test for pancreatic cancer,’ they say, and that’s one of the main reasons why pancreatic cancer is detected so late in its course.
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Mr. Secretary: Penn Grad on Team USA at Y8 Summit
Just weeks after earning his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania, Alex Haber is heading to London to join the official United States delegation to the Y8 Summit June 24-28. Haber will serve as secretary of state. In his capacity as head of the U.S. State Department at the Y8, or Youth8 Summit, he’ll join an American pseudo-president, defense secretary, attorney general and other simulated delegation members to develop foreign policy proposals that reflect U.S. interests and values.
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Humanities/Social Sciences Panel Reports; Two From Penn Are Members
At the same time that China and other nations seek to replicate the American model of broad education in the humanities, social sciences and natural science, enrollment in humanities programs in the United States is dropping. A new report, “The Heart of the Matter,” from the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences is calling for greater support in these fields to create a stronger, more adaptable and more creative workforce.
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Penn Study: Staging System in ALS Shows Potential Tracks of Disease Progression
The motor neuron disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, progresses in a stepwise, sequential pattern which can be classified into four distinct stages, report pathologists with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in the Annals of Neurology.
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Penn Researchers Pinpoint How Smoking Causes Osteoporosis
Human bone breaks down and regenerates naturally all the time, in a perfectly balanced dance that maintains skeletal integrity. As people age, bone tends to deteriorate faster, causing osteoporosis and other disorders. Smoking artificially accelerates bone degeneration as well. For the first time, a joint team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and The Mount Sinai Medical Center have described the mechanics of how certain toxic compounds in smoke break down bone.
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Penn Student Investigates Risks of Asbestos Exposure in Former Factory Town
Understanding the full consequences of environmental exposure to asbestos has proved a demanding venture, and for the past two summers University of Pennsylvania senior Shabnam Elahi has worked on just that: Mapping this risk in Ambler, Pa.
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Dawn Bonnell Appointed Vice Provost for Research at Penn
Dawn A. Bonnell has been named vice provost for research at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1. She is the Trustee Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and director of Penn’s Nano/Bio Interface Center. The announcement was made by Provost Vincent Price.
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Mark Allen Named Scientific Director of Penn’s Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Mark G. Allen has been named the inaugural scientific director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology.
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Penn Researchers Design Variant of Main Painkiller Receptor
Opioids, such as morphine, are still the most effective class of painkillers, but they come with unwanted side effects and can also be addictive and deadly at high doses.
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Penn's 2013 Home Football Game Times Announced
Exactly 100 days from now, the University of Pennsylvania football team will begin another Ivy title defense. On Thursday, the team officially announced game times for each of the five home games in 2013.The Quakers will open their 137th season under the lights at historic Franklin Field when they host Lafayette for a 6 p.m. kickoff on Sept. 21. The only night game at the nation's oldest collegiate football stadium this year will also mark the first game on Franklin Field's new SprinTurf.