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Nanorobotic system presents new options for targeting fungal infections
Nanorobotic system presents new options for targeting fungal infections
Researchers from Penn Dental and Penn Engineering have developed a nanorobot system that precisely and rapidly targets fungal infections in the mouth.
Why new cancer treatment discoveries are proliferating
Why new cancer treatment discoveries are proliferating
The approval of CAR T cell therapy ushered in a new era for cancer treatment.
Folding@home: How you, and your computer, can play scientist
Folding@home: How you, and your computer, can play scientist
Two heads are better than one. The ethos behind the scientific research project Folding@home is that same idea, multiplied: 50,000 computers are better than one.
Why climate change might be affecting your headaches
Why climate change might be affecting your headaches
Rising global average temperature and extreme weather events are likely to become more frequent or more intense. Experts suggest that the stress of these events can trigger headaches.
The path from innovation to implementation
The path from innovation to implementation
Penn’s infrastructure in both supporting clinical research and forging commercial partnerships smooths the way from idea to approval.
Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society
Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society
Paul Offit and Dorothy Roberts have been recognized for extraordinary accomplishments in their fields.
Three things to know about BRCA mutations in men
Three things to know about BRCA mutations in men
Kara Maxwell, director of the Men & BRCA Program at the Basser Center, is bridging the knowledge gap about how BRCA mutations affect men.
Remote blood pressure monitoring may stave off postpartum health issues for those with preeclampsia
Remote blood pressure monitoring may stave off postpartum health issues for those with preeclampsia
Penn Medicine’s remote heart-monitoring program, Heart Safe Motherhood, is likely to drive down total health care costs for the new mothers.
Act First, a PEP winner, wants to teach Philly students critical first aid—and the confidence to follow through
Act First, a PEP winner, wants to teach Philly students critical first aid—and the confidence to follow through
Kenneth Pham and Catherine Chang, winners of the 2023 President’s Engagement Prize, will teach Philadelphia high school students CPR, Narcan administration, and blood loss prevention.
Improved gene editing method could power future cell and gene therapies
Improved gene editing method could power future cell and gene therapies
A new technique based on special cell-penetrating peptides promises advantages over current methods for editing the genomes of primary cells, such as patients’ T cells.
In the News
Philadelphia Citizen
Cleaner streets are key to Philly’s success
Two studies by the Urban Health Lab at Penn found that gun violence dropped significantly in neighborhoods where vacant parcels were turned into regularly maintained green spaces.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
University of Pennsylvania Health System has a $160M operating profit so far in fiscal 2023
Penn Medicine has remained profitable through the first nine months of fiscal 2023, with remarks from Keith Kasper.
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KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)
Unraveling the mysteries of sleep
Philip Gehrman of the Perelman School of Medicine says that trying harder to sleep and thinking about sleep actually make sleeping harder to achieve.
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CNN
The good, bad and ugly about BMI
Thomas Wadden of the Perelman School of Medicine says that BMI measurements can be wrong in some cases.
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Men’s Health
This scheduling hack will save your relationships
In his co-authored book “Missing Each Other,” Edward Brodkin of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses how to form and maintain meaningful one-on-one connections.
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