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Scientists designed a drug for just one patient. Her name is Mila
Steven Joffe of the Perelman School of Medicine said the federal government, drug companies, and insurers would likely be unwilling to pay for custom pharmaceutical drugs. “Unfortunately, that leaves it to families,” he said. “It feels awfully uncomfortable, but that is the reality.”
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'Mindfulness' isn't the answer to our completely hellish workplaces
The Wharton School’s Lindsey Cameron comments on her work studying the impact of mediation on the workplace.
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Sexually transmitted diseases hit record high nationally; Philly is even worse
Judith A. O’Donnell of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on the devastation of syphilis passed on to a newborn.
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Muscular dystrophy gene therapy at Penn shows promise in mice, dogs
The work of Perelman School of Medicine's Hansell Stedman, Tejvir S. Khurana, and Leon Morales is the subject of this article on Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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An economic crisis in your teens can alter your behavior for life, economists find
Arthur van Benthem of the Wharton School collaborated with economist Christopher Severen on an analysis of the impact of spikes in gas prices on Americans’ car-usage over time.
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Beyonce’s dad has breast cancer. So do thousands of other men in America
Susan Domchek of the Perelman School of Medicine was interviewed about the lack of awareness of breast cancer in men. “When men get breast cancer, it’s often at a later stage in part because they tend to take longer to come in with their symptoms, maybe because they think they can’t get breast cancer,” she said.
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125 years of Penn’s Franklin Field highlighted by college football heroes and history
Dave Johnson, Ray Priore, and Gail Zachary of Athletics spoke about the legacy of Penn’s Franklin Field. “Vince Lombardi coached on this field,” Priore said, “John Heisman coached here. ... Every time I talk to another alumnus, another story comes out.”
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Food, clothes, utilities: How people are using their cash from the country’s biggest basic income pilot
Amy Castro Baker of the School of Social Policy & Practice has released new data on how recipients of a monthly $500 stipend used their funds. Approximately 40% of purchases went to food, 25% went to home goods, and 12% went to utilities.
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Our solar system’s mysterious ‘Planet 9’ may actually be a tiny, ancient black hole
Bhuvnesh Jain of the School of Arts and Sciences commented on a new theory that Planet 9 may actually be a tiny, primordial black hole: “From a theoretical standpoint, it’s exciting even if its plausibility right now is early to judge.”
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How neuroscience could explain the rise of addictions, heart disease, and diabetes in 21st century America
Peter Sterling of the Perelman School of Medicine wrote about the neuroscience behind modern maladies like addiction: “Lacking small pulses of dopamine, we grow uncomfortable and seek relief with substances that act powerfully on the reward circuit to release dopamine in great surges.”