Perelman School of Medicine

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Nonfatal firearm injuries 10 times more frequent among Black Americans than white

Penn Medicine research, conducted in 2019 and 2020, finds that the firearm injury rate was highest among Black males ages 15 to 34.

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Improving care for patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia

How one Penn Medicine patient’s role in a clinical trial for acute lymphocytic leukemia therapy brought a cancer-free diagnosis and FDA approval.

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To get drivers to put down their phones, make it a game

A large trial of strategies to reduce distracted driving presented by Penn Medicine experts show that those that were “gamified” yielded a lasting reduction in handheld phone usage while driving.

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Building solutions for brain disorders

Penn Engineering’s Flavia Vitale’s work developing devices that help people living with brain disorders has earned her a CAREER award, which will support her lab’s research in materials and devices that interface with different chemical and electrical signals inside the brain.

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Catalyzing reform in health care payment

Penn’s Parity Center engages an interdisciplinary team of experts to collaborate with health insurers, health systems, physician practices and policymakers. Deputy director Austin S. Kilaru describes the Center’s mission, success, and future.

Breaking through the mysteries of predicting coma recovery

Penn Medicine’s David Fischer created the RECOVER (REcovery of COnsciousness Via Evidence-Based Medicine and Research) program to provide specialized, comprehensive, and ongoing care for coma patients in various stages of coma recovery.

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Genetic study highlights importance of diversity in understanding health disparities

A Penn Medicine partnership with the Million Veteran Program finds that genetic data in non-European population aligns with reporting from underrepresented groups.

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How a bacterium supports healing of chronic diabetic wounds

New research from Penn Medicine shows that a certain bug could be used to develop topical or bacterial-based treatments for patients with wounds that do not heal well on their own.

A newly identified immune checkpoint protein may lead to future cancer therapies

Penn Medicine researchers have found that knocking out a T cell’s CD5 gene greatly enhances the cell’s anticancer activity in a variety of preclinical cancer models.

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Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs

Penn Medicine’s Dominic Sisti is part of a group of experts including bioethicists, psychiatrists, and Indigenous scholars charting a path toward crafting guidelines for the ethical use of psychedelics.

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