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Pursuing vaccines to stop celiac disease
A researcher holding a vaccine vial in a lab next to a microscope.

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Pursuing vaccines to stop celiac disease

Scientists at Penn’s Institute for RNA Innovation are using messenger RNA to stop the immune response that triggers celiac disease symptoms.

Alex Gardner

Who, What, Why: Serene Safvi on strengthening dialogue
A woman in a brown jacket and brown shirt stands in a stairwell smiling at the camera.

Serene Safvi, a philosophy, politics, and economics major, says the SNF Paideia Program’s fellowship has helped her understand the importance of dialogue and bridging differences.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Serene Safvi on strengthening dialogue

    The third-year Paideia Program fellow shares her work educating others about issues and the importance of constructive conversations.
    Researchers create genetic map tied to kidney disease
    microscopic rendering of DNA strands.

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    Researchers create genetic map tied to kidney disease

    The creation of the most complete map of more than 1,000 genes that influence kidney function could help experts diagnose and design targeted treatments for kidney disease.

    Alex Gardner

    Looking to the past to understand the impacts of human land use in South Asia
    R. Ramesh adjusts measuring tape at archaeological site.

    R. Ramesh, assisting superintending archaeologist at the Archaeological Survey of India, adjusted a measuring tape at an archaeological site in India before he and Penn's Kathleen Morrison took samples for paleoenvironmental analysis from a Neolithic (3000-1200 BCE) deposit. 

    (Image: Courtesy of Kathleen Morrison)

    Looking to the past to understand the impacts of human land use in South Asia

    An international group of scholars, including archaeologists from the School of Arts & Sciences, synthesized archaeological evidence in South Asia from 12,000 and 6,000 years ago.

    5 min. read

    Rate of suicide higher in individuals with headaches
    A person holding their head in pain near a window.

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    Rate of suicide higher in individuals with headaches

    New research from Penn Medicine finds that suicide attempt and completion is highest among individuals with headaches from head injuries, but also elevated in individuals with mild headaches.

    Kelsey Geesler

    Catherine and Anthony Clifton make transformational gift to accelerate patient care, research, and education at Penn Medicine
    Seven people including Penn President J. Larry Jameson, Catherine and Anthony Clifton, Kevin Mahoney, and Jon Epstein.

    From left to right, Penn Medicine Board Chair Dhan Pai; Interim Penn President J. Larry Jameson; donors Catherine and Anthony Clifton; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania CEO Regina Cunningham; University of Pennsylvania Health System CEO Kevin B. Mahoney; and Interim EVP of the University for the Health System and Perelman School of Medicine Dean Jonathan A. Epstein.

    (Image: Eddy Marenco)

    Catherine and Anthony Clifton make transformational gift to accelerate patient care, research, and education at Penn Medicine

    The Pavilion will be renamed in recognition of the Cliftons’ historic philanthropic commitment, one of the largest ever to name a U.S. inpatient hospital building.
    Penn prepares to mark America’s 250th birthday
    A brick building with white windows is seen against a blue sky. An American flag flies to the left, and a clock sits in the cupola at the center.

    Penn is planning two years of events around the Semiquincentennial theme, which marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.

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    Penn prepares to mark America’s 250th birthday

    Next year, the nation will celebrate the Semiquincentennial marking the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In the lead up to celebrations, Penn faculty, staff, and students will have a role to play.
    Is Moore’s Law really dead?
    A semiconductor wafer.

    According to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on an integrated circuit will double every two years.

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    Is Moore’s Law really dead?

    Penn Engineering’s Ben Lee and André DeHon discuss Moore’s Law, the observation that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit will double every two years with minimal rise in cost, and reflect on the consequences and opportunities of its possible end.

    Devorah Fischler