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How these Penn researchers are using AI to make health care better
The future of medicine can successfully incorporate artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT through collaborations with physicians and software developers. However, one limitation with AI remains: emotional intelligence.
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An inauspicious arrival for the ambitious Benjamin Franklin
Penn’s founder arrived in Philadelphia on Oct. 6 300 years ago as a nearly penniless 17-year-old looking for a job as a printer.
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Three from Penn receive NIH Director Award
Kevin B. Johnson, Jina Ko, and Sheila Shanmugan awarded NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
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‘A booster for all of us’
The Penn Medicine community gathered Monday afternoon, toasting to Penn’s new Nobel laureates.
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A wrong number, a cryptic message, and a big Nobel win
Nobel Prize winners Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman share their thoughts on their newly minted honor at a University press conference.
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Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, Penn’s historic mRNA vaccine research team, win 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine
The highest honor was bestowed for foundational discoveries that gave the world a vaccine to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wrist temperature associated with future risk of disease
A new study from Penn Medicine highlights the potential for monitoring disease risk through inexpensive, unintrusive continuous measures of skin temperature.
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An mRNA vaccine against Lyme disease-causing bacteria
In pre-clinical models, researchers at Penn Medicine have developed a vaccine that protects against Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
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This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines
Judith A. O’Donnell of the Perelman School of Medicine answers common questions about this year’s flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccines.
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The best way to prevent HIV is often out of reach for women and marginalized people
LDI fellows are working with local communities to increase PrEP use through improving the message about the drug, reducing stigma, and normalizing the conversation about HIV infection.