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Anti-Inflammatory Drugs May Strengthen Airway Immunity to Fight Infections, Penn Study Suggests

Anti-Inflammatory Drugs May Strengthen Airway Immunity to Fight Infections, Penn Study Suggests

Toxins from mold found growing on nuts or corn can weaken the airways’ self-clearing mechanisms and immunity, opening the door for respiratory diseases and exacerbating existing ones, suggests a study in Nature Scientific Reports published this month from otolaryngology researchers at the

John Infanti

Penn: Plant-made Antimicrobial Peptide Targets Dental Plaque and Gum Tissues

Penn: Plant-made Antimicrobial Peptide Targets Dental Plaque and Gum Tissues

Protein drugs, which derive from biological sources, represent some of the most important and effective biopharmaceuticals on the market. Some, like insulin, have been used for decades, while many more based on cloned genes are coming to market and are valued for their precise and powerful functions.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Medicine: 100 Million Prescription Opioids Go Unused Each Year Following Wisdom Teeth Removal

Penn Medicine: 100 Million Prescription Opioids Go Unused Each Year Following Wisdom Teeth Removal

ore than half of opioids prescribed to patients following surgical tooth extraction – such as the removal of impacted wisdom teeth – were left unused by patients in a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine.

Katie Delach

Penn Vet researcher helps boost yields on small farms in China

Penn Vet researcher helps boost yields on small farms in China

 Despite tremendous effort and good intentions, many international agricultural development endeavors efforts fail when the implementing agency leaves and the local farmers go back to their old practices.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Philly Sisters, Mentorship Program Graduates, Return to Penn as Students

Philly Sisters, Mentorship Program Graduates, Return to Penn as Students

By Patrick Ammerman  A high school mentoring program at the University of Pennsylvania designed for local first-generation students helped two sisters navigate the college-appication process. That path ultimately led both back to Penn.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Medicine: New Activity-Tracking App Could Improve Concussion Care

Penn Medicine: New Activity-Tracking App Could Improve Concussion Care

A new app may offer new insights for millions of Americans diagnosed with a concussion each year. Patients are usually advised to rest for the first several days after sustaining a concussion, based on what is known about the metabolic cascade that happens shortly after an injury.

Greg Richter

Targeting Mosquito Immunity to Fight Disease

Targeting Mosquito Immunity to Fight Disease

Before a mosquito can transmit a disease like dengue fever, Zika, or malaria to a human, the mosquito itself must get infected. That means the parasite or virus must find a way around the natural defenses of the insect’s immune system.

Penn Research Identifies Brain Network that Controls Spread of Seizures

Penn Research Identifies Brain Network that Controls Spread of Seizures

A flurry of coordinated activity in a brain-spanning network of neurons may sound like the formation of a brilliant new idea, but it is actually the description of a seizure. Understanding why and how this synchronization spreads would be a critical tool in treating severe epilepsy.

Evan Lerner

Penn Study: Lengthy ER Visits for Psychiatric Patients Often Result in Transfer, Not Treatment

Penn Study: Lengthy ER Visits for Psychiatric Patients Often Result in Transfer, Not Treatment

Cutbacks in capacity at state and county mental hospitals have forced more and more psychiatric patients to seek treatment . But a new study led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, found that people who visit emergency rooms for mental health care were transferred to another facility at six times the rate of people who visit ERs for non-psychiatric conditions, and could wait almost two hours longer.

Katie Delach