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Tyler Daniel using a pipette in a bioengineering lab.

Breakthroughs in gene editing and expression control with mvGPT

Penn Engineers have created a gene editing tool that can address different genetic diseases in the same cell.

The motor driving Penn’s biomedical research

For nearly three decades, interim senior vice dean and chief scientific officer of the Perelman School of Medicine Michael Ostap has investigated how molecules such as myosin feel force, in an effort to understand how cellular mutations cause disease.

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Nelson Flores looks back on decades of bilingual education

Flores, a professor in Penn’s Graduate School of Education, uncovers why Latinx students have tested as underperforming in academic language for decades due to education policy and societal constraints.

A less clumpy, more complex universe?

Researchers combined cosmological data from two major surveys of the universe’s evolutionary history and found that it may have become “messier and complicated” than expected in recent years.

The social structures that shape AI

There’s more hype than ever around artificial intelligence, but Assistant Professor of Sociology Benjamin Shestakofsky says it’s important to fully examine how the new technology fits into broader society.

A scientist with a pipette and a test tube with a computer screen in the background.

Science behind genetic testing for identifying risk of opioid misuse remains unproven

A new report from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine and Crescenz VA Medical Center has evaluated a genetic test for opioid use disorder that recently received pre-marketing approval by the FDA, finding that the genes comprising it do not accurately identify individuals likely to develop the disorder.

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Forging pathways to careers in legislation and public policy

Penn Carey Law’s Legislative Clinic, now in its 28th year, offers students the chance to gain a new perspective by delving into the legislative process by which those laws are crafted.

A sculpture of six brightly colored steel triangles points toward the sky.

Art Matters

Art Matters: ‘Six Triangles’ by Ephraim Peleg

A colorful sculpture created by a Holocaust survivor represents the six million who died.

Violent language in film has increased

A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication finds that violent speech in movies is increasing over time, even in non-crime films.

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Why the most successful companies are scalable

Giant companies stay on top because they’re both more productive and scalable than their competitors, according to research from Wharton and the School of Arts & Sciences.

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