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Is AI about to transform the legal profession?

A collaborative study from Penn estimates that the legal sector is the industry most likely to be impacted by AI.

If you make your employees feel too comfortable, they just won’t work as hard, study suggests

A paper co-authored by Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School explains why the case for psychological safety at work is narrower than most people might expect.

Measuring the ripple effects of reforestation and sustainable cocoa cultivation

With support from the Penn Global Engagement Fund, Heather Huntington is investigating the impact of reforestation and sustainable agriculture interventions on livelihoods, biodiversity, and human health in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.

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Combined treatment takes a bite out of tooth decay

A collaborative interdisciplinary team of researchers from Penn Dental, Medicine and Penn Engineering have discovered a game-changing synergy between ferumoxytol and stannous fluoride in treating dental caries.

No one should die waiting for an organ transplant. These doctors want to ensure that doesn’t happen

Researchers at NYU Langone Health built on work from Penn to pioneer the first transplants from hepatitis C-positive donors.

Pa. research will study environmental factors’ effects on children

Meet the unsung scientists behind the Nobel for quantum dots

Christopher Murray’s lab at the School of Arts & Sciences is delving into the next phase of quantum-dot research to make components for quantum computing, sensing, and communication.

Study of serotonin levels offers hope for long COVID treatment

A study by Christoph Thaiss and Maayan Levy of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds that long COVID is associated with lower levels of circulating serotonin, which could be relevant for its neurological, cognitive, and memory symptoms.

New research links symptoms of long COVID to serotonin levels—and more

A study by Christoph Thaiss and Maayan Levy of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues shows that long COVID can deplete peripheral serotonin levels, offering a baseline for treatment with serotonin supplementation.

Beyond COVID vaccines: What else could mRNA technology do for our health?

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine are lauded for receiving the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries in mRNA biology.

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