Perelman School of Medicine

Donita Brady is ready for the next steps in cancer biology research

The Presidential Professor of cancer biology leads a team that is working to understand how cancer grows uncontrolled in cells and discovering novel ways to stop it.

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Creative storytelling through TimeSlips

Through the TimeSlips program at the Penn Memory Center, older individuals are engaged through visual prompts to not just remember, but engage creatively with stimuli.

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Diagnostic imaging may increase risk of testicular cancer

New research shows a statistically significant increased risk of testicular cancer among those reporting at least three exposures to X-ray, including a colon X-ray, and CT below the waist.

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To catch and contain COVID, step two is to process samples

The second in a series on the steps the health care community takes to quelling the spread of the virus, a look at the 24-hour cycle of testing.

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Five things to know about the promising COVID-19 vaccine news

Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine, whose work is a key factor helping to enable two vaccines in late stages of testing, sheds light on the biology behind them and on his predictions about next steps in vaccine development and approval.

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Researchers find link between food insecurity and cardiovascular death risk

Increasing rates of food insecurity in counties across the United States are independently associated with an increase in cardiovascular death rates among adults between the ages of 20 and 64.

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Parasitic worms offer ‘the missing link’ on the dual nature of a key immune regulator

Whether the signaling molecule IL-33 wakes up or turns down the immune response depends on what cell type releases it, School of Veterinary Medicine researchers found.

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Two key events that turn normal cells into cancer

The discovery of a unifying mechanism could inform new therapeutic approaches to prevent normal cells from transforming into any type of tumor.

A person in full PPE is administering a COVID nasal swab test.

To catch and contain COVID-19, testing is step one

Penn Medicine is partnering with sites around the city to offer COVID testing, contributing to 9% of all testing in the state.

Microscopic lymphangioleiomyomatosis cells

Key genes and cell pathways may be treatment targets for rare female lung disease

New research out of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that a deleted gene may be responsible for activating signaling pathways for lymphangioleiomyomatosis, and targeting the pathways may be a way to treat it.

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