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Penn Researchers Create a Universal Map of Vision in the Human Brain

Penn Researchers Create a Universal Map of Vision in the Human Brain

PHILADELPHIA — Nearly 100 years after a British neurologist first mapped the blind spots caused by missile wounds to the brains of soldiers, Perelman School of Medicine researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have perfected his map using modern-day technology.

Kim Menard

Penn-developed Mouse Model of Debilitating Lung Disease Suggests Potential Treatment Regimen

Penn-developed Mouse Model of Debilitating Lung Disease Suggests Potential Treatment Regimen

PHILADELPHIA — LAM, short for pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis, affects about 1 in 10,000 women of childbearing age and is characterized by proliferation of smooth muscle-like cells in the lung, destruction of lung tissue, and growth of lymphatic vessels.

Jessica Mikulski

Penn Vet Added to United Way's List of Approved Charities

Penn Vet Added to United Way's List of Approved Charities

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has been added to the list of United Way charities to which individuals in the Philadelphia area may donate as part of a workplace campaign.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Study Finds Control of Pituitary Hormone Outside of Brain Has Implications for Breast Cancer

Penn Study Finds Control of Pituitary Hormone Outside of Brain Has Implications for Breast Cancer

PHILADELPHIA — The hormone prolactin is produced by the pituitary gland in the brain and then travels via the bloodstream to cells throughout the body, where it exerts multiple reproductive and metabolic effects, most notably on the breast where it is the master regulator of lactation.

Karen Kreeger

Penn Immunologists Find a Molecule That Puts the Brakes on Inflammation

Penn Immunologists Find a Molecule That Puts the Brakes on Inflammation

PHILADELPHIA — We couldn’t live without our immune systems, always tuned to detect and eradicate invading pathogens and particles. But sometimes the immune response goes overboard, triggering autoimmune diseases like lupus, asthma or inflammatory bowel disease.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Medicine Receives NIH Grant to Launch New Center for the Study of Sex and Gender in Behavioral Health

Penn Medicine Receives NIH Grant to Launch New Center for the Study of Sex and Gender in Behavioral Health

PHILADELPHIA — Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have been awarded a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a new translational interdisciplinary research center to explore the role of sex and gender in behavioral health.

Jessica Mikulski