Perelman School of Medicine

A partnership to help fight COVID and develop a STEM career pipeline

Working with the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative, University City District’s workforce development program, Penn Medicine is creating pathways to science careers for local jobseekers.

Immune response in some children may influence COVID treatments for adults

A joint study from researchers at Penn and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia shows that T cell activation in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome is more similar to adults with severe COVID-19.

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What works: Medication, a low-calorie diet, and intensive behavioral therapy

Patients on a low-calorie diet along with intensive behavioral therapy lost nearly three times as much weight when taking new anti-obesity medication than when taking a placebo.

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Racial and ethnic factors affect access to treatment for heart disease

Researchers uncover a link between racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic factors and whether Black, Latinx, and lower-income patients receive rhythm control strategies for atrial fibrillation.

Overlooked part of human cells could be genetic key to common diseases

Long thought a vestigial part of human cells, new genetic analysis of the primary cilium shows that it may be tied to common conditions like diabetes and kidney failure.

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Microbial transplants require key T cells for success

Findings that certain immune cells are needed for fecal microbiota transplant success against C. difficile infections may be a clue to making this promising treatment work more broadly.

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Looking out for speech disturbance may be the most important stroke sign

With COVID-19 protocols, fewer in-person doctor visits and ubiquitous face masks make tell-tale signs of stroke like facial drooping and arm weakness harder to detect.

Penn named one of America’s best large employers

Forbes recognized the University of Pennsylvania among the top 100 of its 2021 list.

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Five years later: CAR T therapy shows long-lasting remissions in non-Hodgkin lymphomas

Findings represent the longest follow-up data to date for a personalized cellular therapy approved by the FDA for the treatment of aggressive lymphomas.

Study explores neurocognitive basis of bias against people who look different

Research from Penn Medicine shows brain responses and attitudes reinforce the “anomalous is bad” stereotype.

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