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Nanorobotic system presents new options for targeting fungal infections
Nanorobotic system presents new options for targeting fungal infections
Researchers from Penn Dental and Penn Engineering have developed a nanorobot system that precisely and rapidly targets fungal infections in the mouth.
Why new cancer treatment discoveries are proliferating
Why new cancer treatment discoveries are proliferating
The approval of CAR T cell therapy ushered in a new era for cancer treatment.
Folding@home: How you, and your computer, can play scientist
Folding@home: How you, and your computer, can play scientist
Two heads are better than one. The ethos behind the scientific research project Folding@home is that same idea, multiplied: 50,000 computers are better than one.
Why climate change might be affecting your headaches
Why climate change might be affecting your headaches
Rising global average temperature and extreme weather events are likely to become more frequent or more intense. Experts suggest that the stress of these events can trigger headaches.
The path from innovation to implementation
The path from innovation to implementation
Penn’s infrastructure in both supporting clinical research and forging commercial partnerships smooths the way from idea to approval.
Promoting exercise for healthy brain aging in the Latino community
Promoting exercise for healthy brain aging in the Latino community
Penn Nursing’s Adriana Perez engages the Latino community in fitness classes through Tiempo Juntos Por Nuestra Salud.
Penn Medicine to open new crisis response center at Cedar Avenue facility
Penn Medicine to open new crisis response center at Cedar Avenue facility
As part of a unified mental health care hub at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania–Cedar Avenue, the new model brings together emergency, inpatient, and outpatient psychiatric care on the same campus, creating the health system’s second consolidated mental health care site in Philadelphia.
Safe and sound: Sonura supports newborn development by sequestering disruptive noise
Safe and sound: Sonura supports newborn development by sequestering disruptive noise
A team of five recent graduates from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and recipients of the 2023 President’s Innovation Prize have developed a beanie that filters out harmful noises for infants in neonatal intensive care units.
Three things to know about BRCA mutations in men
Three things to know about BRCA mutations in men
Kara Maxwell, director of the Men & BRCA Program at the Basser Center, is bridging the knowledge gap about how BRCA mutations affect men.
Remote blood pressure monitoring may stave off postpartum health issues for those with preeclampsia
Remote blood pressure monitoring may stave off postpartum health issues for those with preeclampsia
Penn Medicine’s remote heart-monitoring program, Heart Safe Motherhood, is likely to drive down total health care costs for the new mothers.
In the News
Fortune
California declares a state of emergency as a new severe bird flu case was discovered. What it means for the rest of the country
Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine says the latest H5N1 bird flu strain might have a greater potential to adapt and cause severe disease in humans.
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The New York Times
Is protein powder a scam?
Colleen Tewksbury of the School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine says that the vast majority of people in the U.S. already get enough protein from the foods they eat and don’t need to take it in supplement form.
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The Washington Post
Dogs may be able to communicate by pressing buttons, research suggests
Postdoc Amritha Mallikarjun of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that dogs use buttons as a trained behavior to try and get the things they want.
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NPR
For kids with rare genetic disorders, customized CRISPR treatments offer hope
Scientists at Penn are trying to develop a template for groups of rare conditions that are similar enough to be affected by a single, easily adaptable gene-editing treatment.
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Today
I’m an orthopedist. Seven things I never do to keep my muscle and bones healthy
Samir Mehta of the Perelman School of Medicine says that older adults playing sports need to understand who their competition is and make sure they’re playing with people who are at the appropriate level.
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