Research

Penn biologists have identified two enzymes responsible for attaching lipoproteins to membrane lipids in archaea, a single-celled microorganism with great potential for drug delivery, vaccines, and cancer diagnostics.

A new study coauthored by Graduate School of Education’s Michael A. Gottfried is the first to show that teachers’ ability to teach in students’ home language, combined with a shared racial or ethnic background, drives greater academic gains.

Penn virologist Beatrice Hahn recalls her research partnership with Jane Goodall and their work to uncover the origins of HIV.

Penn Medicine researchers offer new insights into psilocybin’s ability to break the pain-depression cycle.

New research from Wharton associate professor of business economics and public policy Corinne Low links unequal domestic workloads to stalled progress on closing the wage gap—and even declining marriage rates.

A team of dermatologists and researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine has found a way to directly target neutrophils, a type of immune cell implicated in Sweet’s syndrome, with the potential for treating the disease without steroids.

Rashi Sabherwal, a doctoral student in political science, explores how women engage politically in society in informal roles through her research in India.

A new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine outlines a roadmap to strengthen breastfeeding support through national coordination, public health programs and health care strategies, coverage of lactation services and supplies, and workplace supports. Penn Nursing’s Diane L. Spatz served as one of 15 national experts on this study.

Research co-authored by Wharton professors Gideon Nave and Christian Terwiesch finds that while ChatGPT improves the quality of individual ideas, it also leads groups to generate more similar ideas. 

A new Penn Nursing study suggests that the weight-loss drug tirzepatide may cause fewer side effects like nausea and vomiting than the drug semaglutide. The research, published in Science Advances, was conducted using preclinical models to study the effects of the drugs.