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A Jekyll and Hyde of Cytokines: IL-25 Both Promotes and Limits Inflammatory Diseases
The same signal responsible for promoting the type of immune responses that cause asthma and allergy can also limit the type of inflammation associated with debilitating diseases like inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and multiple sclerosis, according to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. The researchers discovered how IL-25, a signaling protein known as a cytokine, both prevents destructive inflammation and promotes immune responses associated with asthma and allergic responses.
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Nano-particles Effective in Killing Cancer with One-Two Punch of Chemotherapeutics
PHILADELPHIA -- Research studies, based at the University of Pennsylvania, demonstrate that biodegradable nano-particles containing two potent cancer-fighting drugs are effective in killing human breast tumors. The unique properties of the hollow shell nano-particles, known as polymersomes, allow them to deliver two distinct drugs, paclitaxel, the leading cancer drug known by brand names such as Taxol, and doxorubicin directly to tumors implanted in mice.
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Penn Launching Bicycle-borne, Medically Equipped Student Emergency Response Team Thursday
WHAT: MERT is a student-developed, student-operated emergency medical response team at the University of Pennsylvania that has been trained to respond to medical emergencies on campus.The team members will be dispatched by the Division of Public Safety's PennComm Center and will respond via bicycles equipped with oxygen, defibrillators and other emergency medical supplies.
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Presbyterian Foundation for Philadelphia Addresses Nursing Shortage with Endowed Scholarship to Penn
PHILADELPHIA -- The Presbyterian Foundation for Philadelphia has announced a $1 million grant to create the Kass Endowed Scholarship program for the gerontology nurse practitioner master program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. The Foundation and its subsidiary, NewCourtland Elder Services, a network of Philadelphia nursing homes, housing and programs for frail elders throughout Philadelphia, will work with Penn Nursing to oversee the scholarship program.
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Elizabeth Jelin to Lecture at Penn on Memories of State Violence: The Past in the Present
WHO: Elizabeth Jelin, director of the graduate program in social sciences,Universidad de General Sarmiento - IDES, Buenos AiresWHAT: Public lecture WHEN: April 11, 5:15-7:30 p.m.WHERE:Room 109, Annenberg School for Communication on Penn's campus
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Penn Vet's Brinster Receives Gairdner Foundation International Award for His Scientific Achievements
PHILADELPHIA -- Ralph Brinster, a professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will be awarded the Gairdner Foundation International Award on Oct. 26 in Toronto. Brinster is receiving the award for his "pioneering discoveries in germ line modification in mammals."
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University of Pennsylvania, Largest University Buyer Of Wind Energy in the Nation, Triples Its Purchase
PHILADELPHIA -- Under a new agreement, the University of Pennsylvania will now purchase nearly 30 percent of its energy needs from wind-generated power, nearly tripling its wind-energy purchase. Following a previous wind-energy purchase of 40,000 megawatt-hours annually from Pennsylvania wind farms, Penn's new agreement to purchase 112,000 MWh each year for the next five years from wind farms across the country represents the largest retail purchase of green power in the nation by an institution of higher education.
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Penn Professor Testifies at U.S. Copyright Office, Seeks Legal Right to Use DVD Clips in the Classroom
WHO: Peter Decherney, assistant professor of cinema studies at the University of PennsylvaniaWHAT: Decherney's testimony at U.S. Copyright Office proceedingWHEN: Monday, April 3, 9 a.m.2:30 p.m.WHERE: Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave., SE, LM-649, Mumford Room, in Washington, D.C.
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Penn Nurse Practitioner Students Partner with Sayre Students to Evaluate Elementary Students
PHILADELPHIA -- Students at West Philadelphia's Sayre High School who are taking a class on medical intake procedures have been working alongside University of Pennsylvania nurse practitioner students and nursing faculty to learn accurate growth assessment.Together, they have been assessing the height and weight of elementary school-aged children in the Beacon after-school program at Sayre.Nursing Professor Terri Lipman has been supervising this partnership project, funded through the Penn Center for Community Partnerships.
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Staff Q&A: Andrew Zitcer
Andrew Zitcer’s charge as Penn’s Cultural Asset Manager is to look after the real estate in Penn’s portfolio that don’t fall under the traditional headings of commercial, residential or retail spaces.These include The Rotunda, a community performing arts venue that Zitcer, a Penn alum, wrote undergraduate and graduate theses about; the Slought Foundation art gallery; internationally renowned artist Osvaldo Romberg’s studio; the newly relocated Scribe Video Center; the 40th Street artist-in-residency program and The Cinema, programmed with community events and film screenings.