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Penn Study: Differences in Bone Healing in Mice May Hold Answers to Bone Healing for Seniors
By studying the underlying differences in gene expression during healing after a bone break in young versus aged mice, Jaimo Ahn, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and his colleagues aim to find specific pathways of fracture healing in humans.
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Philadelphia READS! Community Night at Penn Museum April 10
It's a groundswell and it's building momentum—Philadelphia's cultural community is putting the spotlight on reading, literacy, and community engagement. Reading opens up worlds of opportunity—and books, like the many cultural treasures in the city, bring so many worlds vividly to life.
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Penn to Create Perry World House to Enhance Global Initiatives
The University of Pennsylvania will establish a central home on campus for global activities and initiatives to be known as the Perry World House, President Amy Gutmann announced today.
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Bioethics Commission Releases Report on Pediatric Medical Countermeasures
In a report released today, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues concluded that the federal government would have to take multiple steps before anthrax vaccine trials with children could be ethically considered.
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Penn Public Safety Kicks Off Share the Road Campaign
The University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety will kick off its annual Share the Road bicycle-safety campaign on Monday, March 25, at 11 a.m. in front of the Penn Bookstore, 36th and Walnut streets, concluding with a press conference at 11:30.
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SCOTUS considering a case brought by Penn Law’s Supreme Court Clinic
The legal argument the students helped to formulate maintained that the constitutional right to be free of retroactive (ex post facto) laws was violated when their client was sentenced to 70 months in prison in a check-kiting scheme. They will learn by the end of the Term in June whether the Justices agree.
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Penn's Caroline Bunting Earns Ivy Co-Player of the Week Honors
After a career-high seven-point day in Penn's 12-8 win over Yale, Caroline Bunting set another career milestone with her first selection as Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week. The senior was one of two Ivy Leaguers bestowed the honor this week, joined by Cornell's Caroline Salisbury. This marks the second week in a row that Penn has been honored by the Ivy League.
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Penn Prof Unpacks the Zoot Suit in “Thinking With the Past” Lecture
The zoot suit is remembered as a “killer-diller” men’s suit of a long bygone era, but it was more than just a fashion statement, as research by Kathy Peiss, a University of Pennsylvania historian, shows.
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Penn: Nurse Understaffing Increases Infection Risk in Very Low Birth Weight Babies
Very low birth weight infants, those weighing less than 3.25 pounds, account for half of infant deaths in the United States each year, yet a new study released in today’s issue of JAMA-Pediatrics documents that these critically ill infants do not receive optimal nursing care, which can lead to hospital-acquired infections that double their death rate and may result in long-term developmental issues affecting the quality of their lives as adults.
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Penn Alum, Adjunct Guides People Through Loss, Grief
Loss and grief can occur at all stages of life. But, it’s not just about death or dying. It also happens with infertility, physical illness, pregnancy losses, the dissolution of marriages and other relational break-ups.