Be in the know about your health, and be rewarded Be in the know about your health, and be rewarded From Human Resources’ 2018-19 “Be in the Know” campaign to details about diabetes, cancer, and other screenings recommended by a Penn Med expert, a breakdown of ways to make healthy living achievable.
Future fertility: Giving hope to men who received childhood cancer treatment Future fertility: Giving hope to men who received childhood cancer treatment Researchers have discovered a way to grow human stem cells destined to become mature sperm in an effort to provide fertility options later in life to males who are diagnosed with cancer and undergo chemotherapy and radiation as children.
Abramson Cancer Center receives $10.7 million to study CAR T cells in solid tumors Representation of a T cell destroying a cancer cell Abramson Cancer Center receives $10.7 million to study CAR T cells in solid tumors A new program project grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will fund research by the Translational Center of Excellence for Lung Cancer Immunology for experimental approaches in lung cancer and mesothelioma.
Skin cream use OK’d during radiation therapy Skin cream use OK’d during radiation therapy A new study challenges common advice given to patients about whether topical creams increase radiation dose during cancer treatment.
Elected to the NAM, four faculty members earn the highest honor in biomedicine Top row: Susan M. Domchek, Rachel M. Werner. Bottom row: Daniel Polsky, Celeste Simon. Photos courtesy of Penn Medicine News. Elected to the NAM, four faculty members earn the highest honor in biomedicine Susan M. Domchek, Daniel E. Polsky, Marie Celeste Simon, and Rachel M. Werner are four of the 85 newly-elected members of the National Academy of Medicine.
New scholars named to promote research into the influence of gender on health iStock New scholars named to promote research into the influence of gender on health Melanie Kornides of the School of Nursing, Jennifer Lewey of the Perelman School of Medicine, and C. Alix Timko of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are pursuing research that examines the role of sex and gender on health, supported by the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program.
Multidisciplinary team to develop stem cell-based approaches to restore vision Multidisciplinary team to develop stem cell-based approaches to restore vision Gene therapies have had success in treating blindness but can’t save areas of the retina where cells have already died. In a new effort, School of Veterinary Medicine scientists John Wolfe and William Beltran will attempt to develop a stem-cell-based approach that restores vision.
Linguistic red flags from Facebook posts can predict future depression diagnoses The new study reveals that indicators of the condition included mentions of hostility and loneliness, words like “tears” and “feelings,” and use of more first-person pronouns like “I” and “me.” Linguistic red flags from Facebook posts can predict future depression diagnoses The language people use in these social media posts can make these predictions as accurately as the tools clinicians use in medical settings to screen for the disease.
Blood test identifies more treatable cancer mutations than biopsies alone Blood test identifies more treatable cancer mutations than biopsies alone A new study shows patients with treatable mutations identified by liquid biopsies rather than tissue biopsies also largely respond to therapy.
‘Cancer in all forms is our enemy’ ‘Cancer in all forms is our enemy’ Robert H. Vonderheide, the Abramson Cancer Center director, talks innovation, discoveries, FDA approvals, and how to deliver top-of-the-line cancer care.