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What the Twitter upheaval means to Penn health services researchers

LDI senior fellows weigh in on Twitter’s current upheaval, and whether they think the situation at the social media company will impact how they disseminate research in the future.

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Abandoned house repairs reduced nearby gun violence

Installing working windows and doors, cleaning trash, and weeding at abandoned houses led to safety improvements and should be considered in efforts to create healthy communities, according to researchers from University of Pennsylvania and Columbia.

HPV-related cancers are on the rise in men

Recent CDC data show that roughly four of every 10 cases of HPV-induced cancer now occur in men. Penn Medicine research has found that differences in levels of a particular HPV protein may inform treatment.

Tackling the ethical considerations of dementia research

Alzheimer’s research poses tricky questions. Bedside-nurse-turned-bioethicist Emily Largent wants to answer them, and to improve the lives of Alzheimer’s patients.

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New mRNA vaccine to fight 20 known subtypes of influenza

Heading into clinical trials, the new research from Penn Medicine may serve as a general preventative measure against future flu pandemics.

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A link between social environment and healthy brains in wild rhesus macaques

Research from Penn, Arizona State University, the National Institute of Mental Health, and elsewhere finds that on the island of Cayo Santiago, female monkeys with a higher social status had younger, more resilient molecular profiles.

Minimally invasive method tracks how the brain spends energy

Penn researchers have developed a new technique for monitoring the brain’s metabolic rate of oxygen consumption, a measure of the brain’s consumption of energy.

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CAR T cell therapy reaches beyond cancer

Penn Medicine researchers laud the early results for CAR T therapy in lupus patients, which point to broader horizons for the use of personalized cellular therapies.

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Clinical research nurses make research happen

Penn Medicine’s 1,200 clinical research professionals work together to advance the science of clinical care, provide access to innovative therapy, and improve clinical outcomes.

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Home health care—a crucial edge for the future of medicine

Home care has long been a part of health care, but it was the COVID-19 pandemic that led Penn Medicine to rethink who needed to be in the hospital.

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