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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Penn, CHOP to study how environmental factors affect pregnancy, children’s health
Sunni L. Mumford, Heather Burris, and Sara B. DeMauro of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have received a $50 million grant to study how environmental factors impact pregnancy and children’s health.
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Down syndrome families’ fight for access to Alzheimer’s trials, treatments
Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people with Down syndrome should be allowed to weigh the risks and benefits of treatment when faced with a fatal disease.
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Five Penn faculty were elected to the National Academy of Medicine
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton and the Perelman School of Medicine’s Kurt T. Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, Susan L. Furth and Robert H. Vonderheide have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
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Excessive drinking during the pandemic increased rates of liver disease, transplants
Maarouf Hoteit of the Perelman School of Medicine says there has been a nationwide increase in alcohol use since the pandemic, leading to increased hospitalization of patients with liver injury due to alcohol.
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Is Windex actually a cure-all? The ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ joke, explained
Brian Capell of the Perelman School of Medicine says there’s no evidence that topical applications of Windex work on any skin condition.
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Romance, breakup can disrupt adolescents’ sleep, research finds
A study from the Perelman School of Medicine finds that starting romantic relationships or going through a breakup can have a negative impact on adolescents’ sleep patterns.
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Surgeons seeing more ‘mutilating’ hand injuries with new utility terrain vehicles
A study by Shaun Mendenhall of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues links a popular type of off-road vehicle known as a “side-by-side” to high rates of severe hand injuries.
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Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for work that enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for identifying a chemical tweak to messenger RNA that laid the foundation for COVID-19 vaccines.
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Lyme disease vaccines are back, one in trials from Pfizer and another in early tests at Penn. But will people get them?
A Lyme disease vaccine is being tested at Penn using the same messenger RNA technology that worked against COVID-19 in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
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The steep cost of Type 2: When diabetes dragged her down, she chose to fight
Mark Schutta of the Perelman School of Medicine explains why many of the newer diabetes medications are out of reach for patients and providers.