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Perelman School of Medicine
A newly identified immune checkpoint protein may lead to future cancer therapies
A newly identified immune checkpoint protein may lead to future cancer therapies
Penn Medicine researchers have found that knocking out a T cell’s CD5 gene greatly enhances the cell’s anticancer activity in a variety of preclinical cancer models.
Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs
Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs
Penn Medicine’s Dominic Sisti is part of a group of experts including bioethicists, psychiatrists, and Indigenous scholars charting a path toward crafting guidelines for the ethical use of psychedelics.
New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder
New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder
The potential bipolar disorder therapy can be completed in five days of treatment, compared to four-to-six weeks for standard transcranial magnetic simulation treatments.
An empty outdoor space is transformed into a social garden
An empty outdoor space is transformed into a social garden
A 2023 Project for Progress initiative, the Breathing Room at Sayre High School was unveiled this spring.
When there’s money to lose, phone usage while driving drops
When there’s money to lose, phone usage while driving drops
New research from Penn Medicine finds that feedback plus cash incentives designed with insights from behavioral science reduces phone use while driving.
Showing up for Penn in London
Showing up for Penn in London
A capacity audience attended an academic symposium in London titled “Frontiers of Knowledge and Discovery: Leading in a Changing World.”
Penn pioneers a ‘one-pot platform’ to promptly produce mRNA delivery particles
Penn pioneers a ‘one-pot platform’ to promptly produce mRNA delivery particles
New lipid platform enables rapid synthesis of molecules that can shuttle therapeutics for a range of diseases with a high degree of organ specificity.
Better survival rates from hospital-based donor care for lung transplants
Better survival rates from hospital-based donor care for lung transplants
A new study by Penn researchers has examined, for the first time, the differences in lung transplant graft outcomes from organs recovered from the two types of deceased organ donor care facilities operating in the United States.
The power of protons
The power of protons
Penn Medicine has treated more than 10,000 cancer patients at three proton therapy centers across the region, including the largest and busiest center in the world—while also leading the way in research to expand the healing potential of these positive particles.
How to learn about a world-class double bass? Give it a CT
How to learn about a world-class double bass? Give it a CT
Radiology experts at Penn Medicine applied imaging technology to centuries-old instruments to better understand how to care for masterworks built between the 17th and 19th centuries, and provide insights into building new ones.
In the News
The New York Times
How Kennedy could make it harder for you and your family to get vaccinated
In a co-written opinion essay, PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel explains how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies in the Trump administration could discourage the use and research of vaccines.
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The New York Times
Elon Musk asked people to upload their health data. X users obliged
Matthew McCoy of the Perelman School of Medicine recommends not contributing private health data to the X chatbot Grok as an individual user.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn is giving out free gun safes to help Philadelphians secure their firearms
Penn Medicine is giving out gun safes and locks to help people keep their firearms safe from children in the home, with remarks from Sunny V. Jackson and Neda Khan.
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The Washington Post
Is it anxiety or something else? What women should know
Lily Brown of the Perelman School of Medicine says that rates of anxiety disorders skyrocket around the time of first menstruation in puberty.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn is offering free Narcan through vending machine on campus
A vending machine on Penn’s campus will offer free Narcan and other wellness and health products, with remarks from Jackie Recktenwald and Benoit Dubé of Wellness at Penn.
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