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The truth about four ‘anti-aging’ pills
Anne R. Cappola of the Perelman School of Medicine says everyone would like to find “that magic pill where we don’t get older, don’t feel worse, and have more energy all the time.”
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Police searching for Kwik Trip car thief
Data from the Quattrone Center at Penn Carey Law suggests that COVID-19 has caused crime in the U.S. to drop across the nation’s largest cities.
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Adulting 101: How to navigate big decisions when your parents disapprove
Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School provides tips to help adults in their twenties navigate tensions about careers, relationships, and big life choices with their parents.
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What happens when New York’s shelters run out of room?
Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that in the West Coast cities that have struggled with homeless encampments the shelter infrastructure is much more limited than in New York.
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When summer weather turns deadly: ‘It was like a biblical event,’ says man whose parents died in flooding
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a window of opportunity is closing to avert catastrophic levels of climate change.
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Cancer patients with bowel obstructions may benefit from surgery
Robert Krouse of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on research that suggests surgery should be offered sooner rather than later to patients with advanced abdominal tumors.
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These eight diseases are so rare that drug firms haven’t tried treating them with gene therapy. A $97 million program aims to help
Gene therapy for a rare form of blindness will be tested at Penn Medicine while gene therapy for a condition that causes skeletal deformities and seizures will be tested at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Philly founders are growing their startups with these three summertime resources
Pennovation’s annual accelerator concluded with a pitch day at the end of July. After participating in the six-week accelerator, the nine companies in the 2023 program pitched to a panel of judges and other members of the Pennovation community in hopes of winning funding and other perks.
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Surgery may help advanced cancer patients with obstructed bowel
A new clinical trial by Robert Krouse of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues suggests that patients with advanced abdominal tumors and major bowel obstructions should be offered surgery earlier in their hospital stay.
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Six out of 8 Ivy League presidents are now women
Liz Magill is noted as part of a rising demographic of women presidents in the Ivy League.