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Borrowing nature’s blueprint: How scientists replicated bone marrow

A collaborative research team from Penn Engineering, Penn Medicine, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a chip that mimics human bone marrow.

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BEND lipids improve LNP mRNA delivery and gene editing

Penn Engineering researchers have developed a new class of lipids called branched endosomal disruptor (BEND) lipids to better deliver mRNA and gene-editing tools.

How Penn is helping with bird flu research and disease surveillance

Faculty are working on a vaccine for the H5N1 virus, studying its transmission, and helping the state test samples from birds and mammals.

From left, research coordinator Nicolas Sarmiento, project manager Reenie Martins, research coordinator Lee Dengel, and trial sample coordinator Rutendo Manyeka in a hospital.

The compassionate team behind CAR T cancer breakthroughs

The clinical trial support staff at Penn Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center have helped execute the team science that brings research discoveries from the lab bench to the bedside.

An advertisement for a runaway enslaved child from the 1700s.

How British settlers used children as tools of settlement in the British Atlantic

Erica Duncan’s research at Penn’s McNeil Center for Early American Studies focuses on how children became essential to shaping ideas of freedom within the Black Atlantic.

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Writers of color are leaving the journalism industry for Substack. Is it better there?

Postdoctoral fellow Nelanthi Hewa spoke to writers and journalists of color about their experiences on the email newsletter platform Substack.

Experts reveal the one hack that will help you finally tackle your to-do list

According to research from the College of Liberal and Professional Studies at the School of Arts & Sciences, scheduling time blocks with breaks to complete different tasks can help achieve the goals of a to-do list.

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Coverage of civilian casualties in allied countries boosts support for U.S. involvement

Research from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center examines whether media coverage of foreign conflicts affects public opinion about U.S. military, diplomatic, and economic involvement.

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Revolutionizing data centers: Penn Engineers’ breakthrough in photonic switching

Researchers have developed a photonic switch that can redirect signals in trillionths of a second with minimal power consumption.

Scientists create tiny anticancer weapons that make tumors destroy themselves

Xiaowei (George) Xu of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues have unveiled an innovative approach to cancer treatment that leverages tiny capsules known as small extracellular vesicles to target a specific receptor on tumor cells.

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