Deeply Rooted Collaborative awards more than $59K in ‘Community Green Grants’ Volunteers with Clean, Green & Serene during a neighborhood cleanup event. (Image: Penn Medicine News) Deeply Rooted Collaborative awards more than $59K in ‘Community Green Grants’ The joint initiative from Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has awarded 21 grants to fund initiatives to fight food insecurity, community garden cleanup, education programming, and more.
AI-guided brain stimulation aids memory in traumatic brain injury Image: iStock/Ozgu Arslan AI-guided brain stimulation aids memory in traumatic brain injury A collaborative study shows that targeted electrical stimulation in the brains of epilepsy patients with traumatic brain injury improved memory recall by 19%.
Holman Biotech Commons meets the evolving needs of campus A laser cutter is one of the newer services at the Judith & William Bollinger Digital Fabrication Lab in the Holman Biotech Commons, complementing the existing 3D printing service available to anyone at Penn. nocred Holman Biotech Commons meets the evolving needs of campus Resources at the Penn Libraries’ Holman Biotech Commons are available to the entire Penn community to support research, collaboration, and innovation.
‘Research at Penn’ highlights landmark discoveries and innovations nacre ‘Research at Penn’ highlights landmark discoveries and innovations The online brochure showcases groundbreaking research from each of Penn’s 12 schools.
Katalin Susztak hunts for a cure for kidney disease Katalin Susztak, professor of internal medicine, nephrology, and genetics at the Perelman School of Medicine. (Image: Penn Medicine News) Katalin Susztak hunts for a cure for kidney disease Throughout her career, the professor of internal medicine, nephrology, and genetics has had a profound impact on the way kidney disease is identified, prevented, and managed.
Presidential Ph.D. Fellows are making their mark nocred Presidential Ph.D. Fellows are making their mark Penn Today catches up with doctoral candidates from the $30 million initiative’s inaugural cohort. This upcoming academic year, the program will welcome its third class of fellows.
New research eyes closer integration of doulas and hospital maternity care Image: iStock/FatCamera New research eyes closer integration of doulas and hospital maternity care Projects from Penn’s new Research Center for Advancing Maternal Health Equity help determine how non-medical birth support workers can be more a part of maternal care teams.
Antibody treatment prevents graft versus host disease in advanced preclinical tests (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) Antibody treatment prevents graft versus host disease in advanced preclinical tests Penn Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Boston Children’s Hospital research finds single antibody treatment blocked donor T-cell attack and increased survival rates in preclinical models.
Challenges and advances in brain-computer interfaces The concept of a brain-computer interface was first proposed and experimented upon in the 1970s by Jacques Vidal, who demonstrated that humans could control a cursor on a computer screen using their brain waves. (iStock /Tatiana Sozonova) Challenges and advances in brain-computer interfaces Following FDA approval for tech startups to begin human clinical trials for brain-computer interfacing technologies, Penn Today met with Anna Wexler of the Perelman School of Medicine to discuss the promising possibilities and potential pitfalls of neurotechnology.
Breaking down barriers to blood donation for LGBTQ+ people (Image: iStock/hxdbzxy) Breaking down barriers to blood donation for LGBTQ+ people New blood donation rules empower more LGBTQ+ people to give and expand the blood supply.