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Penn Biophysicists Create New Model for Protein-Cholesterol Interactions in Brain and Muscle Tissue

University of Pennsylvania Scientists Move Optical Computing Closer to Reality

PHILADELPHIA –- Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have theorized a way to increase the speed of pulses of light that bound across chains of tiny metal particles to well past the speed of light by altering the particle shape.

Penn Media Seminar on Neuroscience and Society

Sept. 19, 200810 a.m. to 1 p.m.Penn Club of New York, Tarnapol Room30 W. 44th Street,New York, N.Y.

John Gearhart, Stem Cell Pioneer, Named Penn's Institute for Regenerative Medicine Director and PIK Professor

PHILADELPHIA –- John Gearhart, who led a research team that first identified and isolated human embryonic stem cells, has been named director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and also a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor.

Penn Partnership Designed to Eliminate Childhood Obesity Takes First Prize in Pediatric Conference Contest

PHILADELPHIA — Students from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Pediatric Acute/Chronic and Oncology Nurse Practitioner program earned first place for their research poster at the 24th Annual Pediatric Nursing National Conference in Las Vegas.

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Presents 2008 Alumni Awards of Merit

PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine has honored three people with the annual Alumni Award of Merit for 2008: Marc Ackerman of Jacksonville, Fla., Leonard Cole of Ridgewood, N.J., and Rowland Hutchinson of Louisville, Ky.

Stress Contributes to Increased Consumption of High Fat, High Calorie Foods, Says Award-Winning Penn Research

PHILADELPHIA -– Two veterinary researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have been awarded the 2008 Ziskind-Somerfeld Research Award given for the top science paper of the year.

RNA Toxicity Contributes to Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Pennsylvania Scientists Say

PHILADELPHIA –- Expanding on prior research performed at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn biologists have determined that faulty RNA, the blueprint that creates mutated, toxic proteins, contributes to a family of neurodegenerative disorders in humans.

Penn Vet World Awards Ceremony Provides $300,000 in Unrestricted Funding

What:Presentation of the First Penn Vet World Award and Penn Vet Student Inspiration AwardsWhere:

Penn Students Vie for Top Prizes in Annual Invention Competition: PennVention

PHILADELPHIA –- The Weiss Tech House, a student-run hub of technological innovation at the University of Pennsylvania, announced today the 11 student inventions that will compete in the fourth annual PennVention competition.

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