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Health Sciences
Providing care from a distance
Providing care from a distance
Telemedicine is a critical tool in the COVID-19 epidemic. Clinicians at the medical, dental, and veterinary schools are making use of virtual encounters to keep providing patients with safe, timely, quality care.
A critical enzyme for sperm formation could be a target for treating male infertility
A critical enzyme for sperm formation could be a target for treating male infertility
The protein, SKP1, drives a key transition step in male meiosis, the type of cell division process that results in sperm, School of Veterinary Medicine researchers found.
Health equity in a time of global crisis
Health equity in a time of global crisis
Jennifer Prah Ruger discusses global health equity in a time of global crisis, why it matters for everyone, where U.S. policy is succeeding and failing, and what we need to do going forward.
Penn establishes center to accelerate coronavirus research
Penn establishes center to accelerate coronavirus research
The Center for Research on Coronaviruses and Other Emerging Pathogens aims to advance research efforts and support development of new therapies and vaccines.
Alternative immune cells may surpass T cells to fight solid tumors
Alternative immune cells may surpass T cells to fight solid tumors
Penn researchers have shown success using genetically engineered macrophages, an immune cell that eats invaders in the body, to target solid tumors.
As many labs go quiet, research to find a coronavirus therapy ramps up
As many labs go quiet, research to find a coronavirus therapy ramps up
Virologists Susan Weiss, Sara Cherry, and others at the Perelman School of Medicine are collaborating to inform the search for therapies against SARS-CoV-2.
At drive-through testing sites, Penn providers on the front lines of a pandemic
At drive-through testing sites, Penn providers on the front lines of a pandemic
Penn Medicine physicians, nurses, and advanced practice providers have rapidly mobilized to transform a parking lot in West Philadelphia into a COVID-19 testing site.
Takeaways from an overseas epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak
Takeaways from an overseas epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak
John Holmes discussed the epidemiological data on COVID-19 and shared his personal perspectives on the outbreak as a visiting professor working in Northern Italy.
COVID-19 and your pet: Tips from Penn Vet
COVID-19 and your pet: Tips from Penn Vet
Microbiology experts Shelley Rankin and Stephen Cole have compiled some facts and tips to keep in mind regarding COVID-19 and your pets.
Pandemics, quarantines, and history
Pandemics, quarantines, and history
History professor Alex Chase-Levenson explores pandemics and quarantines in his upcoming book, and shares lessons that citizens and politicians can take from the past.
In the News
ABC News
Nurses group turns to crowd-sourcing for unused protective gear
Marion Leary of the School of Nursing spoke about efforts to crowd-source safety masks and other personal protective gear. “Anyone that has a stock of these supplies that they could donate to their local hospitals and healthcare providers,” she said, would be doing a great service.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Lessons from 1918
Pat D’Antonio of the School of Nursing spoke about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how we can apply its lessons to the present.
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The New York Times
7 medical leaders to politicians: Save lives, not Wall Street
In collaboration with the leaders of six other large academic medicine institutions, Dean J. Larry Jameson of the Perelman School of Medicine wrote an op-ed urging “national leadership to resist pressure to lift tough social restrictions intended to subdue this outbreak and save thousands of lives.”
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NPR
Her incredible sense of smell is helping scientists find new ways to diagnose disease
Richard Doty of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the use of scent signaling in diagnosing disease. “It used to be that physicians did use breath odor and other odors, to signify certain disorders. But that’s not really invoked presently, because we have so much better ways of [diagnosing] things,” he said.
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The Washington Post
Trump’s not a doctor. He’s only playing one on TV
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel wrote an op-ed about the hazards of implementing untested treatments for the novel coronavirus. “When it comes to fearsome, fatal conditions, it is human nature to try something because it should help, because it might help, because it must help, or because it couldn’t hurt,” he writes. “But often it does harm people and our quest for a real cure.”
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