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Mechanics of a Heartbeat are Controlled by Molecular Strut in Heart Muscle Cells, Penn Study Finds

Mechanics of a Heartbeat are Controlled by Molecular Strut in Heart Muscle Cells, Penn Study Finds

On top of the meaning and mystery that humans heap on the heart, it is first and foremost, a muscle. And one that beats about once a second for a person’s entire life, with no rest. Given its vital importance, it’s ironic researchers have only recently made direct observations of its subcellular parts in motion.

Karen Kreeger

Penn and Rutgers Researchers Discover New Pathway That May Trigger Asthma

Penn and Rutgers Researchers Discover New Pathway That May Trigger Asthma

Asthma is an enormous public health problem that continues to grow larger, in part because scientists don’t fully understand how it is caused. Existing therapies don’t cure the disease and often don’t even significantly alleviate the symptoms.

Karen Kreeger

Penn-led Team Presents Results from Clinical Trial of Personalized Cellular Therapy in Brain Tumor Patients

Penn-led Team Presents Results from Clinical Trial of Personalized Cellular Therapy in Brain Tumor Patients

Immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of deadly brain cancer known as glioblastoma (GBM) were found to have an acceptable safety profile and successfully migrate to and infiltrate tumors, researchers from Penn Medicine and Harvard University reported at the

Steve Graff

Penn Medicine Presents Evidence Showing New Drug Combination May Improve Outcomes for Women with Advanced Breast Cancer when Administered Before Surgery

Penn Medicine Presents Evidence Showing New Drug Combination May Improve Outcomes for Women with Advanced Breast Cancer when Administered Before Surgery

Results from the I-SPY 2 trial show that giving patients with HER2-positive invasive breast cancer a combination of the drugs trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) and pertuzumab  before surgery was more beneficial than the combination of paclitaxel plus trastuzumab.

Steve Graff

Penn Researchers Find Females More Resistant to Organ Damage Following Kidney Transplant

Penn Researchers Find Females More Resistant to Organ Damage Following Kidney Transplant

After a kidney transplant, women may experience decreased kidney damage from ischemia reperfusion injury compared to men due to the impact of gender-specific hormones, suggests a new preclinical study and an analysis of patient data published online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation

Abby Anderson

Three University of Pennsylvania Students Win Goldwater Scholarships

Three University of Pennsylvania Students Win Goldwater Scholarships

University of Pennsylvania students Elyse Chase, Kevin Chen and Jordan Doman have won Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, awarded annually to juniors and sophomores interested in careers in mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering research.

Jacquie Posey

Penn Celebrates Opening of the Stephen A. Levin Building: A New Hub for the Neural and Behavioral Sciences

Penn Celebrates Opening of the Stephen A. Levin Building: A New Hub for the Neural and Behavioral Sciences

The University of Pennsylvania officially opened the Stephen A. Levin Building with a dedication ceremony on April 14. The six-story, $68.6-million, 78,000-square-foot building integrates psychology, biology and behavioral sciences under one roof with research laboratories, teaching facilities and space for students to collaborate and study. 
Penn’s Melanie Mariano to Turn Public Libraries Into Hubs of Health Information

Penn’s Melanie Mariano to Turn Public Libraries Into Hubs of Health Information

This is the third in a series of features introducing the 2016 Penn President’s Engagement Prize winners. Public libraries serve communities in myriad ways, providing places where people gather to read, learn a new language, access the internet, pick up tax forms or apply for jobs.

Katherine Unger Baillie