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Uncovering the drivers of a million-year-old glacial transition

Driving a climate model forward and backward in time, Mann Research Group scientists found strong path dependence in the evolution of Plio-Pleistocene glaciations.

To reduce suicide, primary care and mental health clinicians need to work together. Congress can help that happen

New research by Penn Medicine and Independence Blue Cross shows that integrating mental health care into primary care does not increase overall costs for insurers.

Medical Report: Importance of nursing in hospital patient care

A study from the School of Nursing found that hospitals that staffed nursing in critical units at one nurse per four patients performed better than hospitals at an increased patient ratio.

A group of rhesus macaques sits amidst the bare, leafless trees of their hurricane-impacted habitat.

Hurricane changed ‘rules of the game’ in monkey society

PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators from the University of Exeter find Hurricane Maria transformed a monkey society by changing the pros and cons of their interpersonal relations.

Gene therapy may cure rare diseases. But drugmakers have few incentives, leaving families desperate

An arm of the charitable Foundation Fighting Blindness helped launch a company, Opus Genetics, to advance gene therapy work by Jean Bennett of the Perelman School of Medicine.

Replacing registered nurses in high stakes hospital care is dangerous to patients

A new Penn Nursing study shows that substituting registered nurses with lower-wage staff in hospital care is linked with more deaths, readmissions, longer hospital stays, poorer patient satisfaction, and higher costs of care.

Penn analysis supports state commission’s recommendation for boost in Pa. education funding

An analysis by A. Brooks Bowden and doctoral candidates David Loeb and Katie Pullom of the Graduate School of Education outlines the measurable benefits of a $5.1 billion increase in Pennsylvania K-12 spending over seven years.

New immunotherapy combination could ‘change the landscape’ of cancer treatment

A study by Andy Minn and postdoc Divij Mathew of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues found that a combination checkpoint inhibitor therapy benefited patients with lung cancer.

Black patients more likely to experience MACE after ADT for prostate cancer

A study by Biniyam G. Demissei of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues found that Black patients were more likely to experience major adverse cardiovascular events after a treatment for prostate cancer.

Proposed $5B boost for Pa. schools would result in 18,000 new K-12 jobs and more grads going to college, new research says

A study led by Brooks Bowden of the Graduate School of Education quantified the projected benefits of a $5.1 billion proposal to change the way Pennsylvania funds education.

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