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‘Dual target’ cell therapy appears to shrink brain tumors
‘Dual target’ cell therapy appears to shrink brain tumors
Early Penn Medicine trial results show that targeting two tumor-associated proteins in patients with recurrent glioblastoma may be a promising step toward developing cell therapies for solid tumors.
Understanding disease prevalence in Pennsylvania wild turkeys
Understanding disease prevalence in Pennsylvania wild turkeys
Researchers from Penn Vet’s Wildlife Futures Program are collaborating with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Penn State on a multi-year turkey study.
New guideline on acute dental pain management
New guideline on acute dental pain management
In collaboration with the American Dental Association and University of Pittsburgh, Penn’s School of Dental Medicine has issued a new guideline for managing acute dental pain in adolescents, adults, and older adults.
Finding solutions for burnout among nurses of color
Finding solutions for burnout among nurses of color
The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the School of Nursing brought together nurses and researchers for the Solutions to Health Inequities & Nurses’ Emotional Exhaustion Invitational.
Building a more diverse health care workforce across the Delaware Valley
Building a more diverse health care workforce across the Delaware Valley
Iris Reyes, who founded the Alliance of Minority Physicians in 2012, is working to expand the program to underrepresented students and professionals across the region.
‘Switchable’ bispecific antibodies pave way for safer cancer treatment
‘Switchable’ bispecific antibodies pave way for safer cancer treatment
Immunotherapy utilizing an FDA-approved drug has enabled Penn researchers to develop a novel switchable bispecific T cell engager that mitigates negative outcomes of immunotherapy.
Helping Black families to grow and thrive
Helping Black families to grow and thrive
To reverse the nationwide trend of serious harm and death before, during, and after childbirth for Black and other parents from marginalized groups, Penn Medicine is taking bold action to improve maternal health and eliminate racial disparities.
Penn Vet launches mRNA Research Initiative
Penn Vet launches mRNA Research Initiative
The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine today announced the mRNA Research Initiative to advance veterinary vaccine science.
Going head-to-head with the new health care AI revolution
Going head-to-head with the new health care AI revolution
Penn LDI senior fellow and Wharton School researcher Hamsa Bastani is the co-director of the Wharton Healthcare Analytics Lab, a new data initiative focused on health care delivery systems.
What makes a breakthrough? ‘Eight steps back’ before making it to the finish line
What makes a breakthrough? ‘Eight steps back’ before making it to the finish line
Four of Penn’s Breakthrough Prize recipients, Carl June, Katalin Karikó, Virginia M-Y Lee, and Drew Weissman, were honored at a reception on Feb. 13.
In the News
The Washington Post
As Biden ends campaign, focus shifts to health for remainder of his term
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel says that the presidency is an administration with a team led by the president, not a one-man show.
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The Hill
Preventive care is under threat: PrEP now or pay later
Jalpa Doshi of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine writes that the Braidwood Management v. Becerra case could invalidate a startling range of free preventive services and lead to a big jump in patients’ payments.
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Philadelphia Tribune
‘A system of disjointed pieces’: Philly addiction medicine experts call for reforms in substance use treatment
Margaret Lowenstein of the Perelman School of Medicine says that patients seeking substance use treatment who also have infections or wounds struggle to get into a rehab that has the capacity to care for these issues.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Redefining how we age
Lisa Walke of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses how to rebalance work, education, and family life with today’s longer life expectancies.
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Women’s Health
What is body neutrality and how is it different than body positivity? Psychology experts explain
Kelly C. Allison of the Perelman School of Medicine says that body neutrality is a middle ground between picking one’s appearance apart and having to proclaim love for every single piece of the body.
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