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Gut cells sound the alarm when parasites invade
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The parasite Cryptosporidium, transmitted through water sources, is one of the most common causes of diarrheal disease in the world. (Image: Muthgapatti Kandasamy and Boris Striepen)

Gut cells sound the alarm when parasites invade

A chain reaction led by cells lining the intestines tips the immune system off to the presence of the parasite Cryptosporidium, according to a study led by researchers in the School of Veterinary Medicine.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Closing the racial disparity gap in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest
African American person lying on a hospital bed asleep.

Closing the racial disparity gap in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest

Despite investments to improve the quality of resuscitation efforts, fewer than 25% of all patients that experience cardiac arrests in hospitals survive to discharge, and survival varies significantly across hospitals and by race.

From Penn Nursing News

Researchers find link between food insecurity and cardiovascular death risk
Two people wearing face coverings unload boxes of food for a food bank.

Volunteers at the Food Bank for Monterey County’s drive-through food distribution in June 2020.

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.
Taking on HIV and oral health
Temitope Omolehinwa in an exam room Temitope Omolehinwa came to Penn in 2013 as a trainee, seeking to improve her skills in clinical practice. Now as a faculty member she’s leading an NIH-funded research project on HIV and oral health with both basic science and clinical components.

Taking on HIV and oral health

Embarking on a new study of people living with HIV, the School of Dental Medicine’s Temitope Omolehinwa hopes to build data on an understudied issue.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A New York Times medical mystery and a determined sister saved this patient’s life
microscopic lung matter

When Susan Bosanko began coughing up rubbery branches, she knew her health was in danger. She later found out that the branches were fluid molds of her own airways—a hallmark of plastic bronchitis. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

A New York Times medical mystery and a determined sister saved this patient’s life

A patient in New York with an acute case of bronchitis was in respiratory distress. When family members read a similar account in the New York Times, they tracked down the specialist cited in the article—Maxim Itkin at the Perelman School of Medicine.

From Penn Medicine News

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

From Penn Medicine News