COVID-19 mRNA vaccine that uses fundamental Penn technology receives FDA approval Katalin Karikó, an adjunct professor of Neurosurgery at Penn and a senior vice president at BioNTech, and Drew Weissman, the Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research. (Image: Penn Medicine News) COVID-19 mRNA vaccine that uses fundamental Penn technology receives FDA approval Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine to prevent COVID-19 uses fundamental modified mRNA technology created by Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó at the Perelman School of Medicine.
HIPAA at 25 remains a work in progress HIPAA at 25 remains a work in progress Anita Allen argues that while HIPAA has delivered meaningful benefits to consumers, it still needs updating to address new and emerging privacy challenges.
Evolutionary ‘arms race’ may help keep cell division honest Evolutionary ‘arms race’ may help keep cell division honest Research from the lab of Michael Lampson in the School of Arts & Sciences suggests that certain proteins may have evolved to reduce the likelihood of chromosomes “cheating” to bias their chance of winding up in an egg during the cell-division process meiosis.
A joyous Move-In at Penn Students began moving onto campus this week, beginning to fill up Penn’s 13 college houses. From now until Sunday, nearly 6,000 undergraduates will move into campus housing. A joyous Move-In at Penn Moving onto campus for the first time, students share what they are most looking forward to in the year ahead, while their family members beam with pride.
Atomically-thin, twisted graphene has unique properties New collaborative research describes how electrons move through two different configurations of bilayer graphene, the atomically-thin form of carbon. These results provide insights that researchers could use to design more powerful and secure quantum computing platforms in the future. Atomically-thin, twisted graphene has unique properties Researchers describe how electrons move through two-dimensional layered graphene, findings that could lead to advances in the design of future quantum computing platforms.
Brain powered: Neuroscience research at Penn Medicine’s Pavilion Brain powered: Neuroscience research at Penn Medicine’s Pavilion Penn Medicine’s newest inpatient facility will help to foster fundamental neuroscience discoveries and new neurotechnologies by bringing clinical care and neuroscience research closer together.
Long-term COVID and the ADA Q&A Long-term COVID and the ADA Jasmine Harris, a disability law expert, shares her thoughts on President Biden’s announcement that long-term COVID sufferers could be protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act
Supporting long-haul COVID-19 survivors who still struggle with symptoms Supporting long-haul COVID-19 survivors who still struggle with symptoms Continued care and support from programs like the Post-COVID Assessment and Recovery Clinic and the Penn Neuro COVID Clinic can prove essential to finally returning to a more normal life.
How schools of ‘microswimmers’ can increase their cargo capacity Inspired by observations made at the Georgia Aquarium, a new study by Penn’s Arnold Mathijssen and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute found that when a school of microscopic, self-propelled droplets known as “microswimmers” moves in the same direction inside a narrow channel, they can increase the cargo capacity—the number of particles they can carry—by tenfold. How schools of ‘microswimmers’ can increase their cargo capacity Penn researchers describe how groups of microscopic, self-propelled droplets can transport more material through narrow channels using a process called collective hydrodynamic entrainment.
Walking and listening in San Juan with Ernesto Pujol Walking through the Hacienda Buena Vista coffee plantation, Ponce. (Image: Carlos Rodríguez, Para la Naturaleza, PR./Weitzman News) Walking and listening in San Juan with Ernesto Pujol An eight-day trip to Puerto Rico following a seminar taught by Fine Arts visiting professor led students through the city while engaged in a process of listening to the urban spaces of San Juan and the colonized ecology of its post-industrial hinterlands.