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Penn Libraries opens newly renovated Biotech Commons
Person at a table with an image of a skeleton

The Penn Libraries has transformed its former Biomedical Library into a renovated and updated space, now named the Biotech Commons. A new feature is an Anatomage Table that will allow the review and virtual dissection of life-size virtual cadavers outside of clinical lab coursework. Libraries visualizationist Lexi Voss conducts a demonstration.

Penn Libraries opens newly renovated Biotech Commons

The Penn Libraries has transformed its former Biomedical Library into a newly renovated space with a new name, the Biotech Commons.

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Gun violence exposure increases mental health-related ED visits by children
Adolescent wearing a mask seated in a waiting room with an adult in a mask holding their hand.

Gun violence exposure increases mental health-related ED visits by children

A proximity to violence and multiple exposures increase the risk of pediatric mental health distress, according to research from Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

From Penn Medicine News

Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó receive 2021 Lasker Award
Drew Weisman and Katalin Kariko wear masks in a lab and look at liquid in a test tube.

mRNA scientists Drew Weissman, the Roberts Family Professor of Vaccine Research in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, and Katalin Karikó, an adjunct professor of neurosurgery at Penn and a senior vice president at BioNTech. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine)

Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó receive 2021 Lasker Award

Weissman and Karikó’s mRNA technology is recognized for enabling rapid development of highly effective COVID-19 vaccines

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Imaging technology maps cells tied to inflammatory bowel disease
Microscopic multicolor image of a colon.

Multicolor image of a colon from a patient with ulcerative colitis stained by imaging mass cytometry. (Image: Courtesy of Ayano Kondo from the Kaestner Lab)

Imaging technology maps cells tied to inflammatory bowel disease

“Imaging mass cytometry” shows how cells tied to inflammatory bowel disease affect intestinal tissue, generating new theories for the progression of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

From Penn Medicine News

How a diversity program enabled a childhood orthopaedics patient’s research dreams
Doctor holding up an X-ray of a spine in front of a patient, seated.

How a diversity program enabled a childhood orthopaedics patient’s research dreams

The McKay Orthopaedic Research Lab’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee’s conference grant program offers a welcoming environment and resources that support people of all identities, to engate in orthopaedic research.

From Penn Medicine News

Test predicts which patients with rare blood disease will respond to treatment
David Fajgenbaum in his lab.

David Fajgenbaum is an assistant professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and associate director of patient impact in the Penn Orphan Disease Center. He also leads the Castleman Disease Research Program.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine)

Test predicts which patients with rare blood disease will respond to treatment

A Penn Medicine study identifies blood proteins that indicate which patients with idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease are most likely to benefit from the only FDA approved treatment for the disease, and uncovers an alternative.

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mRNA COVID-19 vaccines induce T-cell responses in multiple sclerosis patients
Person in full PPE administering a vaccine to another person sittting on a hospital bed.

mRNA COVID-19 vaccines induce T-cell responses in multiple sclerosis patients

Research from Penn Medicine shows mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are effective at inducing T-cell responses in multiple sclerosis patients who receive B cell-depleting Infusions even if their antibody responses are diminished.

From Penn Medicine News