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A Penn Vet care team collaborates to treat a dog with a strong will but a sick heart
Elizabeth Mauldin with her dog Little Dove outside of Penn Vet.

Elizabeth Mauldin, a dermapathologist at Penn Vet, has owned Little Dove since she was a pup.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Vet News)

A Penn Vet care team collaborates to treat a dog with a strong will but a sick heart

A team of experts at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine stabilized and diagnosed a tricky disease through teamwork and quick action.

From Penn Vet

2 min. read

Holistic community care at Penn Dental on Cedar
3 Penn Dental Med students at the clinic, one is cleaning a patient’s teeth.

Penn Dental on Cedar is one of several community sites Penn Dental Medicine operates in Philadelphia. Dental students rotate between them as part of their curriculum and learn to better communicate with and care for underserved populations.

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Holistic community care at Penn Dental on Cedar

Penn Dental Medicine at PHMC on Cedar is one of five community care programs the School of Dental Medicine operates. At Penn Dental on Cedar, part of the mission is to integrate dental and medical care.

6 min. read

Tips on avoiding tiny ticks
Tick crawling up person's pant leg.

Penn Medicine’s Sharon Tsay explains how to avoid ticks, what to do if bitten, and how to recognize the early symptoms of tick-borne illnesses.

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Tips on avoiding tiny ticks

Sharon Tsay of the Perelman School of Medicine offers advice for enjoying late-summer tick-free outdoor fun.

4 min. read

AI uncovers new antibiotics in ancient microbes
Cesar de la Fuente in his lab.

César de la Fuente (pictured) and his team used AI to study the proteins of hundreds of ancient microbes, searching for new antibiotic candidates.

(Image: Jianing Bai)

AI uncovers new antibiotics in ancient microbes

César de la Fuente uses AI to hunt for new antibiotic candidates in unlikely places, from the DNA of extinct organisms to the proteins of ancient microbes.

Ian Scheffler

2 min. read

Doylestown doctor advances care in Africa through compassionate collaboration

Doylestown doctor advances care in Africa through compassionate collaboration

Albert Ruenes, a urology doctor at Penn Medicine Doylestown Health, and Serigne Gueye, professor at Hospital General Idrissa Pouye in Senegal, have developed a powerful global partnership that’s transforming urologic care across West Africa.

Mitochondrial vulnerability and neurovasculature function connection impacts neuropsychiatric disease

Mitochondrial vulnerability and neurovasculature function connection impacts neuropsychiatric disease

In a new study led by Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers have found that mitochondrial dysfunction in the blood-brain barrier may lead to neuropsychiatric disease in some patients with 22qDS. The researchers also demonstrate that a class of FDA-approved cholesterol drugs could potentially be repurposed to treat this dysfunction.

International collaboration on nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean deemed a success, according to new study

International collaboration on nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean deemed a success, according to new study

A new publication the International Nursing Review highlights the success of an international partnership working to strengthen nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean, led by Penn Nursing’s Eileen T. Lake and Carmen Alvarez. The initiative supports the strategic goals of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization for nursing and midwifery workforce development in the Caribbean region.

Study finds American women may benefit from IUD only available in Europe and Canada

Study finds American women may benefit from IUD only available in Europe and Canada

New research led by researchers at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine suggests the Food and Drug Administration should consider approving more and smaller IUDs. While the larger IUDs are 99% effective at preventing pregnancies over three years, the researchers have found the mini IUDs were still very effective (at 95%) for the same duration.

Stem cell discovery could be key to healing tough-to-fix fractures

Stem cell discovery could be key to healing tough-to-fix fractures

The ability of a stem cell originating in skeletal muscle to turn into bone could hold the key to bone healing after catastrophic fractures, according to research at Penn’s Perleman School of Medicine. The researchers find that Prg4+—a type of stem cell that originates in the muscles that support the skeleton—is crucial to bone repairs because the cells could actually transform from muscle cells to bone cells.