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Penn Vet Working Dog Center Collaborating on Ovarian Cancer Detection Study

Penn Vet Working Dog Center Collaborating on Ovarian Cancer Detection Study

In a unique, interdisciplinary collaboration, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s Working Dog Center, The School of Arts and Science's Department of Physics and Astronomy, Penn Medicine’s Division of Gynecologic Oncology and the Monell Chemical Senses Center have joined together to study ovarian cancer detection by dogs and e-sensors.

John Donges , Ashley Berke

Penn, CHOP Researchers Find Less-Used Regimen Is More Effective for HIV-Infected Children

Penn, CHOP Researchers Find Less-Used Regimen Is More Effective for HIV-Infected Children

Researchers from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, along with colleagues at the Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, conducted the first large-scale comparison of first-line treatments for HIV-positive children, findin

Steve Graff

Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital One of the Nation’s First Veterinary Trauma Centers

Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital One of the Nation’s First Veterinary Trauma Centers

The American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) has approved Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital as one of nine designated Veterinary Trauma Centers in the U.S. – and the only recognized 24/7 Veterinary Trauma Center within a 100 mile radius of Philadelphia. 

John Donges , Ashley Berke

Penn Study: Anti-Smoking Ads With Strong Arguments Work Best

Penn Study: Anti-Smoking Ads With Strong Arguments Work Best

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that an area of the brain that initiates behavioral changes had greater activation in smokers who watched anti-smoking ads with strong arguments versus those with weaker ones, and irrespective of flashy elements, like bright and rapidly changing scenes, loud sounds and unexpected scenario twists.

Steve Graff

Penn Researchers Discover Link Between Inherited Endocrine Tumor Syndrome and Well Studied Cell Pathway

Penn Researchers Discover Link Between Inherited Endocrine Tumor Syndrome and Well Studied Cell Pathway

A mutation in a protein called menin causes a hereditary cancer syndrome called MEN1 (multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1). Individuals with MEN1 are at a substantially increased risk of developing neuroendocrine tumors, including cancer of the pancreatic islet cells that secrete insulin.

Karen Kreeger

Penn Researcher Receives National Clinical Research Award for Gene Therapy

Penn Researcher Receives National Clinical Research Award for Gene Therapy

A gene therapy study focused on finding a cure for a rare congenital blinding disease has been recognized as one of the ten most outstanding clinical research projects of the year by the Clinical Research Forum (CRF). The study, led by Jean Bennett, MD, Phd, F.M.

Katie Delach

Penn Medicine: Lack of Consensus Among Health Care Providers in Identifying Sepsis Poses Threat

Penn Medicine: Lack of Consensus Among Health Care Providers in Identifying Sepsis Poses Threat

Though the toll of sepsis is known to be enormous – it is estimated to cost the U.S. health care system $24.3 billion each year, and is the nation’s third-leading killer, behind heart disease and cancer – the true magnitude of incidence of and death from the illness remains unknown.

Holly Auer

Penn Study Shows One Quarter of Patients Discharged from Hospitals Return for Emergency Care Within 30 Days

Penn Study Shows One Quarter of Patients Discharged from Hospitals Return for Emergency Care Within 30 Days

A study led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University School of Medicine has found that nearly one quarter of patients may return to the emergency department within 30 days of being discharged from a hospitalization.

Holly Auer