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White coat ceremonies: A professional milestone
Four students celebrating in white coats after Penn’s white coat ceremony.

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White coat ceremonies: A professional milestone

The School of Dental Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, and School of Veterinary Medicine marked the start of the semester with white coat ceremonies for their students.

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A Penn Vet care team collaborates to treat a dog with a strong will but a sick heart
Elizabeth Mauldin with her dog Little Dove outside of Penn Vet.

Elizabeth Mauldin, a dermapathologist at Penn Vet, has owned Little Dove since she was a pup.

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A Penn Vet care team collaborates to treat a dog with a strong will but a sick heart

A team of experts at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine stabilized and diagnosed a tricky disease through teamwork and quick action.

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Foraging patterns and preferences of local honeybees
A person in a beekeeper suit holding a panel covered in bees and honeycomb.

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Foraging patterns and preferences of local honeybees

A new Penn Vet study aims to shed light on honeybees’ foraging habits, with an eye toward aiding their survival.

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A summer of student enrichment, from big ideas to bold beats
Grade school drummers in music class.

A West Philadelphia High School student practices the drum as part of a July summer program in partnership with the Netter Center for Community Partnerships and nonprofit Musicopia. 

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A summer of student enrichment, from big ideas to bold beats

The Netter Center for Community Partnerships finished its summer of programming for West Philadelphia students, impacting 640 students and six University-Assisted Community Schools.

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Mitochondrial vulnerability and neurovasculature function connection impacts neuropsychiatric disease

Mitochondrial vulnerability and neurovasculature function connection impacts neuropsychiatric disease

In a new study led by Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers have found that mitochondrial dysfunction in the blood-brain barrier may lead to neuropsychiatric disease in some patients with 22qDS. The researchers also demonstrate that a class of FDA-approved cholesterol drugs could potentially be repurposed to treat this dysfunction.

Philly high schoolers imagine their futures through a Penn GSE summer program
Instructor and student gaze at spider in a container.

Adina Goldstein, top left, alongside Philadelphia high school students, examines a spider during a session with the School of Veterinary Medicine.

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Philly high schoolers imagine their futures through a Penn GSE summer program

The Academy at Penn, a five-year program in partnership with nonprofit Foundations, Penn Graduate School of Education, and the School District of Philadelphia, kicked off this summer with programming that empowered adolescents to assess their skills and imagine what’s possible for their careers.

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Researchers advance mRNA delivery to the retina using stabilized lipid carriers

Researchers advance mRNA delivery to the retina using stabilized lipid carriers

The efficient delivery of synthetic mRNA to the retina has been a barrier to mRNA-based treatments for vision loss. A new study from Penn Vet has found that coating mRNA-lipid complexes (lipoplexes) with polyethylene glycol (PEG)-lipid derivatives can enhance their stability and penetration into retinal tissue.

Key to improving survival of transplanted retinal cells
Microscopic view of transplanted human cells.

Photomicrograph shows a small number of transplanted human cells (in red) that survived the stress of transplantation and were able to integrate and differentiate into cone photoreceptors in a partially degenerated canine retina.

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Key to improving survival of transplanted retinal cells

Penn Vet researchers have identified metabolic stress as an obstacle to cell transplants, highlighting a critical window for cell-based retinal repair.

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New device could streamline vision-saving therapies

New device could streamline vision-saving therapies

A new study by a team of vision scientists from the Division of Experimental Retinal Therapies at Penn Vet, led by William A. Beltran, have worked to demonstrate that a novel surgical tool used previously in gene and cell therapy clinical trials can place therapies directly beneath the retina using a minimally invasive approach.

Penn Vet’s Thomas Parsons and Philadelphia-based tech firm AgriGates receive inaugural state innovation grants

Penn Vet’s Thomas Parsons and Philadelphia-based tech firm AgriGates receive inaugural state innovation grants

Thomas Parsons, Marie A. Moore Endowed Chair and director of Penn Vet’s Swine Teaching and Research Center, has pioneered a more efficient, humane way to feed mother pigs. Daniel Foy is the co-founder and CEO of the tech firm AgriGates, a Philadelphia firm that is turning technology into a next-generation tool for raising and managing livestock. The two are among the first recipients of Pennsylvania’s new Agricultural Innovation Grants, among 88 innovators from 45 counties that put forth cutting-edge solutions and technologies to move Pennsylvania agriculture into the future.