Coronavirus Research

How a new chewing gum could ‘trap’ COVID-19, reduce spread: study

A study led by Henry Daniell of the School of Dental Medicine discovered that gum containing plant-grown protein could neutralize COVID particles in saliva.

Person playing a tuba in a dark room with a green laser shedding light on water mist

Music-making and the flow of aerosols

If simply breathing can spread the SARS-CoV-2 virus to others nearby, what about blowing into a tuba? Researchers from the School of Engineering the School of Arts & Sciences used fluid mechanics to study the movement of aerosols generated by musicians.

Racial inequities in vaccination are emerging again, this time among Philly’s elementary-age kids

Cheryl Garfield of the Perelman School of Medicine says that conspiracy theories that are put out via social media are the main stream of misinformation about and fear of vaccines.

What it’s like to catch the coronavirus for the sake of science

Stanley Plotkin of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on how we can learn things more quickly by doing challenge studies.

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University of Pennsylvania’s first NFT commemorates mRNA research

Proceeds from the July auction of the non-fungible token—a digital asset—will benefit ongoing research at Penn.

Scientists behind mRNA vaccines win Tang Prize

Katalin Kariko of the Perelman School of Medicine is named one of the winners of the 2022 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science for the research that laid the foundation for messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines.

Text messaging shows promise in reaching unvaccinated patients

A Penn study finds that while automated texting did not get more patients to get their vaccinations against COVID-19, it reached roughly the same amount as manned phone calls.

Text messaging intervention does not Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake

The work of Shivan J. Mehta of the Perelman School of Medicine shows that no increase was seen in COVID-19 vaccination uptake with a text messaging intervention compared with telephone calls only.

Dogs sniff out COVID-19 with surprising accuracy

Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted on the levels of difficulty for dogs to smell COVID in sweat samples compared to on a full human body.

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Dan Treglia on the caregivers lost to COVID

The associate professor of practice in the School of Arts & Sciences identifies the number of children who have lost parents and caregivers to COVID-19 and how to support them.

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