Perelman School of Medicine

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Researcher Virginia M.Y. Lee receives $3 million Breakthrough Prize

The Breakthrough Prize award recognizes Lee’s work studying underlying mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other dementias.

A potential new treatment for a deadly form of prostate cancer

Blocking a specific protein sets off a chain reaction that results in the death of prostate cancer cells that have spread and are resistant to standard therapies.

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Hormone that helps stabilize blood pressure cuts blood transfusions by half

A Penn study shows that trauma patients with severe blood loss, most often gunshot victims, need only half the usual volume of blood when receiving an arginine vasopressin treatment.

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Many kidneys discarded in the United States would be transplanted in France

A new study, led by Penn Medicine and Paris Transplant Group, found French transplant centers are far more likely to transplant kidneys from older donors.

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Penn parents equipped with new book on resilience

‘The Stressed Years of Their Lives,’ co-authored by Professor of Psychiatry Anthony Rostain, was handed out to hundreds of parents as part of New Student Orientation.

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Nicotine-free e-cigarettes can damage blood vessels

A single e-cigarette can be harmful to the body’s blood vessels—even when the vapor is entirely nicotine-free, according to a new study by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Lung cell transplant boosts healing after the flu

A serious case of the flu can cause lasting damage to the lungs. In a study in mice, researchers found that transplanting cells from the lungs of healthy animals enhanced healing in others that had had a severe respiratory infection.

Treatment doctor tested on himself can put others into remission

Five years ago, David C. Fajgenbaum both a Penn Medicine researcher and patient, tried an experimental treatment for Castleman disease based on his laboratory research findings in the hopes of saving his own life. He has been in remission ever since.

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Could NFL players’ performance after a concussion mask the dangers?

A new study shows NFL players return to the field quickly and with no dip in their stats, but this may come at a cost.

Balance of ‘stop’ and ‘go’ signaling could be key to cancer immunotherapy

A Penn study shows potential of the interferon pathway as a biomarker to help predict which patients are likely to respond to immunotherapies.

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