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Penn Scientists Receive $24 Million from National Science Foundation to Establish Mechanobiology Center

Penn Scientists Receive $24 Million from National Science Foundation to Establish Mechanobiology Center

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of Pennsylvania a $24 Million, five-year grant to establish a Science and Technology Center (STC) focused on engineering mechanobiology, or the way cells exert and are influenced by the physical forces in their environment. This award is part of an overall $94 million from NSF to support four new STCs.

Karen Kreeger , Evan Lerner

Penn Researchers Mine Twitter for Cardiovascular Disease Research

Penn Researchers Mine Twitter for Cardiovascular Disease Research

For years, marketers and other commercial data-miners have been using Twitter’s vast database of “tweets” to gauge consumer attitudes and track events. Now medical researchers are getting in on the trend.

Abbey Anderson

Penn Medicine: Fatty Diet Activates Oldest Branch of Immune System, Causing Intestinal Tumors

Penn Medicine: Fatty Diet Activates Oldest Branch of Immune System, Causing Intestinal Tumors

A high-fat-diet-induced immune reaction causes inflammation leading to intestinal cancer in a mouse model – even among animals that are not obese -- according to a new study from thePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Case Western Reser

Karen Kreeger

Anti-Inflammatory Drugs May Strengthen Airway Immunity to Fight Infections, Penn Study Suggests

Anti-Inflammatory Drugs May Strengthen Airway Immunity to Fight Infections, Penn Study Suggests

Toxins from mold found growing on nuts or corn can weaken the airways’ self-clearing mechanisms and immunity, opening the door for respiratory diseases and exacerbating existing ones, suggests a study in Nature Scientific Reports published this month from otolaryngology researchers at the

John Infanti

Penn Medicine: 100 Million Prescription Opioids Go Unused Each Year Following Wisdom Teeth Removal

Penn Medicine: 100 Million Prescription Opioids Go Unused Each Year Following Wisdom Teeth Removal

ore than half of opioids prescribed to patients following surgical tooth extraction – such as the removal of impacted wisdom teeth – were left unused by patients in a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine.

Katie Delach

Penn Medicine: New Activity-Tracking App Could Improve Concussion Care

Penn Medicine: New Activity-Tracking App Could Improve Concussion Care

A new app may offer new insights for millions of Americans diagnosed with a concussion each year. Patients are usually advised to rest for the first several days after sustaining a concussion, based on what is known about the metabolic cascade that happens shortly after an injury.

Greg Richter

Penn Study: Victim-blaming Rape Myths Prevalent in China

Penn Study: Victim-blaming Rape Myths Prevalent in China

A new collaborative study led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania provides the first psychometric measure to assess attitudes about rape in China.

Jacquie Posey

Penn Research Identifies Brain Network that Controls Spread of Seizures

Penn Research Identifies Brain Network that Controls Spread of Seizures

A flurry of coordinated activity in a brain-spanning network of neurons may sound like the formation of a brilliant new idea, but it is actually the description of a seizure. Understanding why and how this synchronization spreads would be a critical tool in treating severe epilepsy.

Evan Lerner

Penn Study: Lengthy ER Visits for Psychiatric Patients Often Result in Transfer, Not Treatment

Penn Study: Lengthy ER Visits for Psychiatric Patients Often Result in Transfer, Not Treatment

Cutbacks in capacity at state and county mental hospitals have forced more and more psychiatric patients to seek treatment . But a new study led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, found that people who visit emergency rooms for mental health care were transferred to another facility at six times the rate of people who visit ERs for non-psychiatric conditions, and could wait almost two hours longer.

Katie Delach