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New ‘armored’ CAR therapy produces significant responses in cancer patients

For patients whose cancers don't respond to current CAR T cell therapies, a new, modified CAR T cell therapy by Penn’s Carl June shows promise in a phase 1 clinical trial.

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Penn alum named 2024 Yenching Scholar

Chonnipha (Jing Jing) Piriyalertsak, a 2023 graduate, has been selected as a 2024 Yenching Scholar, with full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.

How ‘invitations’ from Penn Medicine restored mammogram completion rates

To correct a COVID-caused lag in breast cancer screenings, Penn Medicine messaged every patient who was overdue. The rate of completed mammograms improved to 74%.

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Unlocking the next generation of wireless communications

Penn Engineers have developed an adjustable filter, about the size of a quarter, with potential to revolutionize wireless communications.

Image is of the Delaware County courthouse, a Classical Revival/Neo-Classical style building made of white marble,with a six column portico and clock in the pediment, located in Media, Pennsylvania.

Public defender shortages

A new report by Paul Heaton, director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, shows that nearly every county in Pennsylvania has a shortage of public defenders.

Text reminders help connect health care workers to care and improve their mental health

Nationwide, health care workers are facing strains to mental health, but Penn Medicine’s regular reminders about its mental health platform lead to significant improvements of symptoms.

Penn Engineering’s Ottman Tertuliano receives a 2024 CAREER Award

Tertuliano’s research on bone fractures at the nanoscale allows for research on two separate time scales: the forming of cracks in a fracture at 1 micrometer/second, and the cellular response and repair time scale, a much lengthier process.

Measuring readers of romance

Researchers at Penn's Price Lab for Digital Humanities conducted a quantitative analysis of the romance genre, studying thousands of avid readers and the hundreds of thousands of books in their collections in Goodreads

Different brain structures in females lead to more severe cognitive deficits after concussion than males

New Penn Medicine research finds that axons in brains of female mammals may be more vulnerable to damage.

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‘Ripple Effect’ explores the world of real estate

The latest installments of The Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, ‘Ripple Effect,’ delves into the economics and market fluctuations of the real estate world and housing market.

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