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University of Pennsylvania Names Calvin Bland Fellows

University of Pennsylvania Names Calvin Bland Fellows

The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Futures Project (PFP) has named three Calvin Bland Faculty Fellows to collaborate on research for boys and young men of color.

Jacquie Posey , Kat Stein , Jessica Bautista , Ed Federico

Penn Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Driven by Desire to ‘Make Someone Whole Again’

Penn Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Driven by Desire to ‘Make Someone Whole Again’

In his office at the University of Pennsylvania, oral and maxillofacial surgeon Rabie Shanti sits at his computer, clicking through photos of patients he’s operated on.He pulls up an image of a mouth open wide, tongue extended.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Bone Marrow Protein May Be Target for Improving Stem Cell Transplants

Bone Marrow Protein May Be Target for Improving Stem Cell Transplants

Bone marrow contains hematopoetic stem cells, the precursors to every blood cell type. These cells spring into action following bone marrow transplants, bone marrow injury and during systemic infection, creating new blood cells, including immune cells, in a process known as hematopoiesis.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn collaboration works to answer a fundamental nanotechnology question

Penn collaboration works to answer a fundamental nanotechnology question

Physicists have invented a new type of graphene-based sensor that could one day be used as a low-cost diagnostic system able to test for biomarker molecules, which are indicative of disease states.

Ali Sundermier

Successful Guide Dogs Have ‘Tough Love’ Moms, Penn Study Finds

Successful Guide Dogs Have ‘Tough Love’ Moms, Penn Study Finds

Much has been written of the pitfalls of being a helicopter parent, one who insulates children from adversity rather than encouraging their independence.

Michele W. Berger , Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Vet Researchers Contribute Expertise to Checklist for ‘One Health’ Studies

Penn Vet Researchers Contribute Expertise to Checklist for ‘One Health’ Studies

A growing body of scientific research is focused on One Health, the integration of knowledge concerning humans, animals and the environment. Yet there is no clear, unified definition of what a One Health study is or how such a study should be conducted.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Engineers Identify Protein Implicated in 3-D Epigenetics of Brain Development

Penn Engineers Identify Protein Implicated in 3-D Epigenetics of Brain Development

The vast majority of genetic mutations that are associated with disease occur at sites in the genome that aren’t genes. These sequences of DNA don’t code for proteins themselves, but provide an additional layer of instructions that determine if and when particular genes are expressed.

Evan Lerner , Ali Sundermier

Protons with a purpose
Protons with a Purpose, Roberts Proton Therapy

Protons offer a way to deliver radiation in a way that minimizes exposure to normal tissue. At the Roberts Proton Therapy Center, upwards of 5,000 people have received life-saving cancer care since the facility opened in 2010.

Protons with a purpose

As many as 115 patients treated each day. Upwards of 5,000 people who have received life-saving cancer care since 2010. As impressive as these numbers are, the outcomes at the Roberts Proton Therapy Center are even more so.

Christina Cook