Perelman School of Medicine

More cancers may be treated with drugs than previously believed

Using a Penn-designed neural network called PocketMiner, a Penn Medicine research team has identified hidden protein pockets that can provide new opportunities for cancer drugs to bind to.

Pregnant person laying in a bed with an IV drip in their arm.

Pregnancy complications tied to higher risk of death as long as 50 years later

Even decades after delivering pre-term or with conditions like gestational diabetes or high blood pressure, those with complications in pregnancy or birth have a higher risk of death.

A childcare worker at a table with three young children.

How have women in the workforce fared, three years into the pandemic?

Despite hopeful signs that this demographic is returning to work, certain female-dominated sectors, like the care economy, still haven’t recovered, signaling there’s more to learn about COVID-19’s full effect.

Zhanar Beketova, Krista L. Cortes, Nesha Subramaniam, and Sharon Smith hold hands at the podium

2023 Women of Color at Penn Awards

The 36th annual Women of Color at Penn award ceremony celebrated the achievements of women of color at Penn and in the broader community, highlighting this year’s theme of self-care and healing.

A potential strategy to improve T cell therapy in solid tumors

A new Penn Medicine preclinical study finds that a new simultaneous “knockout” of two inflammatory regulators boosted T cell expansion to attach solid tumors.

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A moment for men’s health

Since 2012, the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center has been advancing lifesaving therapies and raising awareness of the risks faced by individuals with BRCA gene mutations.

African American patient sitting on a hospital bed.

What drives transplant waitlisting disparities?

For transplant patients, psychosocial evaluations, like other measures in the transplant process, can lead to people of color facing worse outcomes.

A chart showing the intersection of a cell as it changes from pre-cancer to cancer stage one and two.

Can we intercept cancer?

Penn researchers are developing new ways to detect and “intercept” cancer from every angle, including basic science to understand the molecular changes that lead to cancer and developing new methods for finding it.

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Genomics reveals a complex human history in Africa

An international team of researchers led by Penn geneticists sequenced the genomes of 180 Indigenous Africans. The results shed light on the origin of modern humans, African population history, and local adaptation.

World-renowned scientist Virginia Lee on her prominent career

Lee’s path to her groundbreaking discoveries stems from her unwavering dedication despite obstacles. Now, she looks forward to training the next generation of disease scientists at Penn.

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