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Penn Resource Offers Insight Into American Language, Slang and Culture

Penn Resource Offers Insight Into American Language, Slang and Culture

When Shiho Nagai began attending the informal, not-for-credit slanguage sessions at the University of Pennsylvania’s Christian Association, she had in mind improving her English skills.

Jeanne Leong

Anti-inflammatory Drug and Gut Bacteria Have a Dynamic Interplay, According to Penn Animal Study

Anti-inflammatory Drug and Gut Bacteria Have a Dynamic Interplay, According to Penn Animal Study

A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) changed the composition and diversity of gut microbes, which in turn shaped how the drug is broken down and ultimately, cut its effectiveness, according to an animal study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Karen Kreeger

Penn-led Team Reprograms Social Behavior in Carpenter Ants Using Epigenetic Drugs

Penn-led Team Reprograms Social Behavior in Carpenter Ants Using Epigenetic Drugs

In Florida carpenter ant colonies, distinct worker castes called minors and majors exhibit pronounced differences in social behavior throughout their lives. In a new study published today in Science, a multi-institution team anchored at University of Pennsylvania found that these caste-specific behaviors are not set in stone.

Karen Kreeger

New Breast Cancer Drug May be Effective against Other Types of Cancer, Abramson Cancer Center Experts Find

New Breast Cancer Drug May be Effective against Other Types of Cancer, Abramson Cancer Center Experts Find

Palbociclib, a new oral drug whose efficacy in combating breast cancer has been demonstrated alone and in combination with endocrine therapy, also has potential to combat other types of cancer, according to a literature review and additional original research conducted by experts at the

Steve Graff

T Cells That Recognize HER2 Receptor May Be Key to Preventing HER2+ Breast Cancer Recurrence, Penn Study Finds

T Cells That Recognize HER2 Receptor May Be Key to Preventing HER2+ Breast Cancer Recurrence, Penn Study Finds

Recurrence of HER2-positive breast cancer after treatment may be due to a specific and possibly cancer-induced weakness in the patient’s immune system – a weakness that in principle could be corrected with a HER2-targeted vaccine – according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Results of the study show that T cells from patien

Katie Delach

Penn's Anil K. Rustgi Receives American Cancer Society's Research Professor Award

Penn's Anil K. Rustgi Receives American Cancer Society's Research Professor Award

Anil K. Rustgi, MD, chief of Gastroenterology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, is once again the recipient of a prestigious Research Professor Award from the American Cancer Society (ACS).

Lee-Ann Donegan

Penn Researchers Use Network Science to Help Pinpoint Source of Seizures

Penn Researchers Use Network Science to Help Pinpoint Source of Seizures

For the third of all epilepsy patients who don’t respond to medication, an alternative is to locate the small cluster of neurons that act as the seed of a seizure’s aberrant electrical activity and surgically remove it. Unfortunately, such surgeries often fail to bring any relief.

Evan Lerner , Lee-Ann Donegan