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Half of low-income communities have no ICU beds

A new Penn study says policies that facilitate hospital coordination are urgently needed to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Family and primary care doctors may have been most at risk of dying from COVID

A Penn-led study suggests that in the health care community, workers in hospital settings may be better protected from COVID-19 than the general population.

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Pregnant Black and Hispanic women more likely to be exposed to coronavirus

Penn researchers found the rate of virus exposure among pregnant Black and Hispanic women to be five times higher than among white and Asian women.

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How our body’s internal clocks communicate may impact our overall health

Most cells contain molecular clocks, but the requirement of peripheral clocks for rhythmicity, and their effects on physiology, are not well understood. Now, a new study reveal the roles of the hepatocyte clock in cell communication and metabolism.

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Increasing community impact through Penn Medicine CAREs grant program

Outside of hospitals and clinics, Penn Medicine physicians, nurses, staff, and students are serving their neighborhoods through volunteerism.

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Is the threat of COVID vaccine hesitancy getting enough attention?

The ultimate key to ending the coronavirus pandemic is developing an effective vaccine and administering it to the population. But a number of trends are converging in ways that may prevent the achievement of that population-wide herd immunity.

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U.S. military has improved mortality since World War II, with some alarming exceptions

Although wound survivability has increased over the last 80 years, the U.S. military’s medical corps suffered some periods of backsliding during conflicts.

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Getting gene therapy to the brain

Using a large animal model of genetic brain disease, researchers led by John H. Wolfe of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia delivered an effective treatment across the blood-brain barrier to correct the whole brain.

‘Self-eating’ stem cell process may be the key to new regenerative therapies

A Penn study uncovers new roles of chaperone-mediated autophagy in how stem cells repair or regenerate damaged organs.

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Interning virtually

The Translational Research Internship Program, offered by the Perelman School of Medicine’s Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Education Programs, provides mentorship for undergraduates as they complete a translational research project.

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