Views from the top of the world Views from the top of the world Members of the Penn community give accounts of their expeditions to Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
Elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma benefit from targeted therapies Elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma benefit from targeted therapies A Penn study of Medicare patients who are often underrepresented in medical trials finds overall survival benefits from treatment with targeted therapies.
Quantifying the health risks of being a family caregiver Quantifying the health risks of being a family caregiver Health care and economics researchers find that more research is needed in the area of ‘next friend risk,’ or the full dimension of health risks faced by family and friends who become caregivers to the homebound.
How to reinvigorate exhausted immune cells to stop cancer How to reinvigorate exhausted immune cells to stop cancer A Penn study has identified a protein called TOX that regulates exhausted T-cells, and could be a key to new immunotherapies.
Why is it so difficult to sleep when it’s hot? Q&A Why is it so difficult to sleep when it’s hot? Philip Gehrman of the Penn Sleep Center offers an explanation—and explores some other recent questions posed by sleep scholars.
Making history at LDI: An interview with Rachel Werner Making history at LDI: An interview with Rachel Werner Rachel Werner is the first female and first physician-economist executive director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, and a professor of both medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine and health care management at the Wharton School.
How to quell a cytokine storm How to quell a cytokine storm An international team finds new ways to dampen an overactive immune system, and can influence new drug targets for lupus and other autoimmune disorders.
Seeing disfigured faces prompts negative brain responses Seeing disfigured faces prompts negative brain responses A brain imaging study finds negative implicit biases against individuals with scars, birthmarks, and other facial differences.
Why are so many women still dying from childbirth? The U.S. now has the worst maternal mortality rate among all developed countries, and is rising. Why are so many women still dying from childbirth? Experts from Penn discuss the role that social determinants, socioeconomics, and racism play, and how the University is addressing the maternal mortality crisis head on.
Trauma linked to earlier puberty, premature brain development, and mental illness Trauma linked to earlier puberty, premature brain development, and mental illness A Penn study details the effects of poverty and trauma on brain and behavior in youths.