Melanie Kornides of the School of Nursing, Jennifer Lewey of the Perelman School of Medicine, and C. Alix Timko of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are pursuing research that examines the role of sex and gender on health, supported by the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・October 16, 2018

Gene therapies have had success in treating blindness but can’t save areas of the retina where cells have already died. In a new effort, School of Veterinary Medicine scientists John Wolfe and William Beltran will attempt to develop a stem-cell-based approach that restores vision.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・October 16, 2018

The language people use in these social media posts can make these predictions as accurately as the tools clinicians use in medical settings to screen for the disease.

Michele W. Berger , Michele W. Berger, Katie Delach ・October 15, 2018

A new study shows patients with treatable mutations identified by liquid biopsies rather than tissue biopsies also largely respond to therapy.

Penn Today Staff ・October 12, 2018

New research led by Rumela Chakrabarti reveals how immune cells called myeloid-derived immunosuppressor cells contribute to the progression of triple-negative breast cancer, a particularly aggressive cancer. Pairing chemotherapy with a drug that blocks these cells may one day help stem its growth.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・October 11, 2018

Robert H. Vonderheide, the Abramson Cancer Center director, talks innovation, discoveries, FDA approvals, and how to deliver top-of-the-line cancer care.

Lauren Hertzler ・October 11, 2018

A Penn Medicine and CHOP team shows the first example of using base-editing tools to treat a disease in animal models in utero.

Penn Today Staff ・October 10, 2018

Sleep paralysis has been linked to the supernatural for centuries. Neuroscientists work to uncover the science of REM disorders.

Penn Today Staff ・October 9, 2018

To do it right, scientific research requires careful record keeping, dutiful repetition of protocols, and, in many cases, free exchange of data. Electronic research notebooks are intended to help researchers up their game and are now available at no charge to the University community through the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Dawn Bonnell.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・October 9, 2018

A year after its launch, the Penn Vet Cancer Center is solidifying the translational science pipeline, connecting basic scientists to the clinic and vice versa, to transform veterinary cancer care.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・October 8, 2018