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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Scientists think they’re on the verge of breaching the blood-brain barrier
Michael Mitchell of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and colleagues have constructed a model that could potentially allow drug transporters to bypass the blood-brain barrier.
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Scientists found an opposite ‘light’ force to the driver of all your worst impulses
Scott Barry Kaufman and a team of researchers from the School of Arts and Sciences have developed a Light Triad Scale to assess positive character traits in individuals, a counter to the Dark Triad that drives bad behavior. “Yes, everyday psychopaths exist. But so do everyday saints, and they are just as worthy of research attention and cultivation in a society that sometimes forgets that not only is there goodness in the world, but there is also goodness in each of us as well,” wrote Kaufman.
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The Healthiest Weight Might Actually Be ‘Overweight,’ Massive Study Finds
Rexford Ahima of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a healthy weight and says, “BMI as a number alone may not be sufficient to predict health and risk of death.”