Perelman School of Medicine

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Does opioid use in pets create higher risk for abuse in humans?

A new study shows a 41 percent increase in opioids for small animals over the past 10 years, indicating an avenue of potential risk for human access to opioids.

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Cell development discovery changes our understanding of how genes shape early embryos

To fit inside each nucleus, DNA coils around specialized proteins. These spools of wrapped DNA inhibit gene regulatory proteins from binding to protein-coding stretches along the genome, which help keep genes in the “off” position when they’re not needed.

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Resistance to cancer treatment is a chain reaction

A study identifies a chain reaction in cells that enables cancer to resist treatments that target BRAF mutations.

Doctors can weigh in on brain tumors remotely

Brain tumor patients will now have access to Penn Medicine’s cancer expertise through the new telemedicine second opinion program for brain tumors.

The road to more hand transplants

Over the past 20 years, more than 85 amputees around the world have received a hand or bilateral hand transplant—including two adults and one child at Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Boots on the ground for the opioid task force

Opioid addiction is a “public health emergency,” according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Overdose deaths involving opioids—both prescription and illegal—have increased fivefold between 1999 and 2016.

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Telemedicine today, and the future of virtual health care

From the Connected Care Center central hub for ICU patients, to telegenetics, Penn practitioners are looking to the future of convenient care.

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Personalized gene editing is a family affair

A new stem cell-based test aims to decrease the uncertainty of gene variants and their affect on a patient’s health.

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Injection improves vision in a form of childhood blindness

A new treatment for patients with a form of congenital retinal blindness has shown success in improving vision, according to results published today in Nature Medicine led by researchers at the Scheie Eye Institute in the Perelman School of Medicine

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Thoughts from a medical ethicist on gene editing babies

In a Q&A, PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno discusses using CRISPR technology on humans and the future of the field.

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