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Bringing hope to uterine health patients

Physician-scientist Kate O’Neill directs innovative research that helps people suffering from infertility, endometriosis, and other issues build families and have excellent quality-of-life.

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From left to right: Justin Wang, Janine Haros, and Eric Lee in a clinical room at the Scheie Eye Institute, holding documents and smiling together

Empowering unhoused patients through comprehensive eye care

Penn fourth-years Eric Lee, Janine Haros, and Justin Wang will use a President’s Engagement Prize to elevate vision health in unhoused individuals across Philadelphia through free eye screenings, tailored care coordination, and interactive patient education.

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Using AI to help predict cardiac arrests

A Penn Engineering and Penn Medicine team built CAMEL, an artificial intelligence model that forecasts dangerous cardiac rhythms before they strike. Their findings pave the way for a new era of real-time, predictive heart care.

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African American person tearing off an I Voted Today sticker

Voting is linked to living longer

A new study co-authored by SP2’s Femida Handy shows that voting is associated with reduced mortality risk in older adults.

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Cross section rendering of human kidneys

Blood test predicts kidney failure risk to Black Americans years before onset

A new study from Penn Medicine identifies disease risk among those carrying the high-risk APOL1 gene variant before kidney function declines.

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New KIR-CAR T cell therapy shows promise in multiple solid cancers

The first-of-its-kind phase I clinical trial at Penn Medicine uses a CAR T cell therapy modeled after natural killer cells and designed to limit T cell exhaustion.

Penn Medicine, CHOP team awarded Breakthrough Prize for developing gene therapy for inherited blindness

Jean Bennett, Albert Maguire, and Katherine High have been honored for their trailblazing work on the first FDA-approved gene therapy for an inherited condition.

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How estrogen in the brain impacts stress and trauma response

New research from Penn Medicine reveals how estrogen levels in the brain influence vulnerability to stress-related memory problems, helping explain sex differences in PTSD risk.

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Shujie Yang harnesses sound to build the next generation of microrobotic medicine

Yang’s lab at Penn Engineering uses precisely-controlled ultrasound waves to develop microscale tools that can manipulate cells, viruses, and soft materials without physical contact.

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Jen Brady (right) and her mom seated at a kitchen table.

A kidney for her mom, a marathon for herself

Working with the team at the Center for Living Donation, Penn Medicine’s benefits director Jen Brady felt confident enough to donate a kidney to her mother and run the Boston Marathon several months post-surgery.

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Bringing hope to uterine health patients

Empowering unhoused patients through comprehensive eye care

Using AI to help predict cardiac arrests

Voting is linked to living longer

Blood test predicts kidney failure risk to Black Americans years before onset

New KIR-CAR T cell therapy shows promise in multiple solid cancers

Penn Medicine, CHOP team awarded Breakthrough Prize for developing gene therapy for inherited blindness

How estrogen in the brain impacts stress and trauma response

Shujie Yang harnesses sound to build the next generation of microrobotic medicine

A kidney for her mom, a marathon for herself