Perelman School of Medicine

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A new way to predict lung cancer treatment response: The blood test

A Penn study shows a better clinical response to immunotherapy correlates with higher ratio of tumor mutations detected by a liquid biopsy.

Machine learning identifies personalized brain networks in children

A Penn study shows variability among children’s neural anatomy which may inform personalized treatments for psychiatric disorders.

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Tales of bringing the dead back to life

Meet Vikram Paralkar, an oncologist at Penn Medicine who has received extraordinary attention for his new fiction novel, “Night Theater,” a story where a surgeon is asked to bring the dead back to life.

DNA misfolding in white blood cells increases risk for Type 1 diabetes

A new Penn Medicine study shows that changes in a DNA sequence may cause chromosomes to misfold in a way that elevates the risk for autoimmune diseases.

Managing pain in the age of opioids

Medical professionals from the Perelman School of Medicine, the School of Dental Medicine, and the School of Veterinary Medicine discuss treating pain during the opioid crisis.

A reality check on coronavirus

The novel disease is serious. But risks here remain low, says Ezekiel J. Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives, who attended a World Health Organization meeting on the subject last week.

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Vasculitis treatment with fewer steroids

The insights from the PEXIVAS Trial, a 10-year study, shows treatment for ANCA-associated vasculitis can become much more patient-friendly and reduces kidney failure, for which vasculitis patients are often at risk.

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How our ‘birth environment’ can influence our health

Mary Regina Boland studies how one’s “birth environment,” or the factors that a mother experienced while pregnant, affects health risks later in life, and what can actually be predicted while still in the womb.

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Patients stick with smartphone activity trackers longer than wearable devices

Six months after their discharge, smartphone users were 32 percent more likely to continue sending health data to the research team than those using wearables.

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Advancing an oral drug for pulmonary arterial hypertension

With a protein drug grown in the leaves of lettuce plants, the School of Dental Medicine’s Henry Daniell and colleagues hope to provide new treatment options for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare but deadly disease.

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