It’s time to make friends with your viruses
It’s time to make friends with your viruses
Ken Caldwell of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on viruses in people.
Cancer patients live 40pc longer after experimental treatment
Cancer patients live 40pc longer after experimental treatment
Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on CAR T therapy.
Meet the Penn grad behind Pickle, the growing fashion app that lets you rent clothes from influencers’ closets
Meet the Penn grad behind Pickle, the growing fashion app that lets you rent clothes from influencers’ closets
Alumna Julia O’Mara is profiled for founding a peer-to-peer clothing rental service.
An expensive Alzheimer’s lifestyle plan offers false hope, experts say
An expensive Alzheimer’s lifestyle plan offers false hope, experts say
Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine says that Dale Bresden’s unconventional Alzheimer’s treatment research and recommendations don’t adhere to the standards of medicine.
Can adults grow new brain cells?
Can adults grow new brain cells?
Hongjun Song of the Perelman School of Medicine says that it’s challenging to translate existing knowledge about adult neurogenesis from animal models to human studies.
Gilead’s CAR-T cell therapy shows promise in deadly brain cancer
Gilead’s CAR-T cell therapy shows promise in deadly brain cancer
A study led by Stephen Bagley of the Perelman School of Medicine found that a dual CAR-T cell treatment shrank tumors in 62% of patients with recurrent glioblastoma, a fatal brain cancer with few treatment options.
Evidence of CAR T-cell therapy against cancers presented at U.S. conference
Evidence of CAR T-cell therapy against cancers presented at U.S. conference
A study by researchers at Penn finds that that CAR T-cell therapy “shows promise for slowing tumor growth in a notoriously aggressive and fast-growing brain cancer.”
Fire that killed dozens of animals at Pennsylvania goat rescue linked to electrical issue, owners say
Fire that killed dozens of animals at Pennsylvania goat rescue linked to electrical issue, owners say
The School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center Campus helped treat a dozen animals for burns after a massive fire at a Montgomery County animal rescue.
Penn spinout that replicates human tissue for drug testing raises $40 million investment
Penn spinout that replicates human tissue for drug testing raises $40 million investment
Vivodyne, a Penn spinout that creates human tissue to replace animal testing in drug development, has raised $40 million in a second round of venture capital investment.
The housing market was supposed to recover this year. What happened?
The housing market was supposed to recover this year. What happened?
A study by Lu Liu of the Wharton School finds that almost 60 percent of households have a home-loan interest rate below 4 percent.