Drivers of inflammation provide valuable targets for new gum disease therapies
A subset of T cells contributes to the inflammation and bone loss that characterizes periodontitis, a severe form of gum disease. According to new research by George Hajishengallis and scientists at the National Institutes of Health, drugs that specifically inhibit these cells may offer an effective therapy.
Rebecca Waller, an assistant professor of psychology, studies antisocial behaviors and parent-child interactions.
How parenting affects antisocial behaviors in children
In a recent study of the parental caregiving environment, psychologist Rebecca Waller found that within identical twin pairs, the child who experienced harsher behavior and less parental warmth was at a greater risk for developing antisocial behaviors.
Robert H. Vonderheide, the Abramson Cancer Center director, talks innovation, discoveries, FDA approvals, and how to deliver top-of-the-line cancer care.
Moderator Dorothy Roberts, left, a PIK professor with appointments in law, sociology and Africana studies, pictured with Anita Hill at Irvine Auditorium.
Anita Hill, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Dorothy Roberts on inequality and sexual harassment
During an appearance at Irvine Auditorium on Wednesday, attorney and professor Anita Hill spoke in conversation with Kimberlé Crenshaw, a professor at UCLA Law School and Columbia Law School, and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Dorothy Roberts.
Kyra Schapiro, a graduate student in the lab of Perelman School of Medicine neuroscientist Joshua Gold, uses LabArchives to plan experiments and track results. Penn’s Office of the Vice Provost for Research has made the electronic research notebook freely available to campus scientists.
Electronic research notebooks streamline the scientific method
To do it right, scientific research requires careful record keeping, dutiful repetition of protocols, and, in many cases, free exchange of data. Electronic research notebooks are intended to help researchers up their game and are now available at no charge to the University community through the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Dawn Bonnell.
Cutting-edge science moves to the clinic to help ‘our furry friends’ fight cancer
A year after its launch, the Penn Vet Cancer Center is solidifying the translational science pipeline, connecting basic scientists to the clinic and vice versa, to transform veterinary cancer care.
Aja Carter, a Ph.D. candidate in paleontology, builds robots based on fossilized animals that crawled out of the sea about 300 million years ago. She’s pioneering a new field that she calls paleo-bio-inspired robotics.
Senior Justin Morrison (left) and researcher Michael Sangobowale with Ebony Cook, a patient in for a follow-up visit after her apartment ceiling caved in on her. It’s part of an ongoing clinical trial on traumatic brain injury that sees patients five times each, at 72 hours following injury, then again at two weeks, three weeks, six months, and a year later.
What happens to the brain after a traumatic injury?
Two undergrads interning with Penn Medicine’s Ramon Diaz-Arrastia spent the summer looking for biomarkers in the blood of TBI patients, and studying whether the generic form of Viagra might help promote recovery after such an injury.
Senior Justin Morrison (left) and researcher Michael Sangobowale with Ebony Cook, a patient in for a follow-up visit after her apartment ceiling caved in on her. It’s part of an ongoing clinical trial on traumatic brain injury that sees patients five times each, at 72 hours following injury, then again at two weeks, three weeks, six months, and a year later.
