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Penn Research Makes Advance in Nanotech Gene Sequencing Technique

Penn Research Makes Advance in Nanotech Gene Sequencing Technique

The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority. One promising technique involves reading DNA bases using changes in electrical current as they are threaded through a nanoscopic hole.

Evan Lerner

Penn Medicine Study Suggests New Role for ECMO in Treating Patients With Cardiac Arrest

Penn Medicine Study Suggests New Role for ECMO in Treating Patients With Cardiac Arrest

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also been used to resuscitate cardiac arrest victims in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Now, a novel study of this technique in the U.S.

Jessica Mikulski

Penn: More Sub-Saharan Africans Living Longer but With Limited Function

Penn: More Sub-Saharan Africans Living Longer but With Limited Function

The number of adults living beyond age 45 in sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly expanding, yet many of these older men and women experience physical illnesses and disabilities that limit their ability to function, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and in Malawi.

Jacquie Posey

New Penn Medicine Research Identifies Infection and Sepsis-Related Mortality Hotspots Across the U.S.

New Penn Medicine Research Identifies Infection and Sepsis-Related Mortality Hotspots Across the U.S.

In the past, researchers have sought to determine the geographic distribution of many life-threatening conditions, including stroke and cardiac arrest. Now, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have created the first U.S.

Jessica Mikulski

Penn Medicine Reveals New Potential Therapy for Advanced Cancers

Penn Medicine Reveals New Potential Therapy for Advanced Cancers

In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast and ovarian cancer, the oral drug olaparib was found to be effective against advanced pancreatic and prostate cancers.

Holly Auer

Newly Described Type of Immune Cell and T cells Share Similar Path to Maturity, According to New Penn Study

Newly Described Type of Immune Cell and T cells Share Similar Path to Maturity, According to New Penn Study

Labs around the world, and a core group at Penn, have been studying recently described populations of immune cells called innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). Some researchers liken them to foot soldiers that protect boundary tissues such as the skin, the lining of the lung, and the lining of the gut from microbial onslaught.

Karen Kreeger

Penn Study Shows National Movement Against Non-Medically Indicated Deliveries Prior to 39 Weeks

Penn Study Shows National Movement Against Non-Medically Indicated Deliveries Prior to 39 Weeks

A national movement to eliminate non-medically indicated (NMI) delivery before 39 weeks has prompted nearly two-thirds of all U.S. hospitals handling non-emergency births to adopt specific policies against the practice, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Katie Delach