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Health Sciences
Pushing medical science forward, with bioethics
Pushing medical science forward, with bioethics
Alongside Nursing Dean Antonia M. Villarruel, Penn President Amy Gutmann and PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno discussed their new book “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die” at the Smilow Center for Translational Research.
Tweets from Twitter users could predict loneliness
Tweets from Twitter users could predict loneliness
By identifying similar themes across tweets, researchers are uncovering markers that could be used to predict loneliness, something that could lead to depression, heart disease, and dementia.
Complete remission within reach for rare autoimmune disease
Complete remission within reach for rare autoimmune disease
The findings may inform use of the recent FDA-approved drug rituximab to better treat patients with pemphigus, a rare chronic autoimmune condition.
A novel approach to treating opioid use disorder
A novel approach to treating opioid use disorder
An FDA-approved drug called exendin-4 decreased voluntary oxycodone taking and drug-seeking behavior during withdrawal in rats without reducing the relief the opioid provided.
Advancing algorithmic care
Advancing algorithmic care
Experts from Penn share their perspectives on the role of advanced algorithms and AI in health care and what the future holds for digital health technologies.
Working hand in hand with the nation’s largest integrated care system
Working hand in hand with the nation’s largest integrated care system
In a unique partnership, Penn Nursing collaborates with the Veterans Health Administration on a range of issues, from pain management to end-of-life care.
Positive results in first-in-U.S. trial of CRISPR-edited immune cells
Positive results in first-in-U.S. trial of CRISPR-edited immune cells
Genetically editing a cancer patient’s immune cells using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, then infusing those cells back into the patient appears safe and feasible based on early data from the first-ever clinical trial to test the approach in humans in the United States.
To monitor cancer therapy, researchers tag CAR T cells with imaging markers
To monitor cancer therapy, researchers tag CAR T cells with imaging markers
With CAR T cell therapy, a patient’s own immune cells are genetically modified and inserted back into the body to find and kill cancer. Now scientists have now discovered a new way to track CAR T cells in the body.
Bariatric surgery is safe for teens with morbid obesity
Bariatric surgery is safe for teens with morbid obesity
A new Penn Medicine study shows the risks of complications and readmissions may be lower than the risks associated with lifelong obesity.
An easier way of sneaking antibodies into cells
An easier way of sneaking antibodies into cells
Penn Engineers have found a plug-and-play solution that makes antibodies compatible with the delivery vehicles commonly used to ferry nucleic acids through the membrane of a cell without damaging either.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
How the coronavirus ‘jumped’ to humans is a story as old as evolution
Sara Cherry of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the cross-species transmission of viruses throughout history. “We’re bad at predicting” how a virus will mutate and spread, she said. “We don’t know what the barriers are.”
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Penn Nursing
What is self-care? How to cut through the marketing noise and actually practice it
Barbara Riegel of the School of Nursing spoke about the concept of self-care, which “goes all the way back to Hippocrates.” “Self-care centers upon the idea of being aware of yourself every single day and asking yourself questions like, ‘Did I get enough sleep? Did I eat right? Did I get in some exercise?’” she said.
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People.com
All about the groundbreaking uterus transplant that helped this couple become parents
Kathleen O’Neill and Paige Porrett of the Perelman School of Medicine were interviewed about the uterine transplant trial they led, which ultimately resulted in the second-ever birth using a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor.
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Vox.com
Our phones can now detect health problems from Parkinson’s to depression. Is that a good thing?
A study led by Jeremy Asch, David Asch, and Raina Merchant of the Perelman School of Medicine found that patients’ health-related internet searches doubled in the week before an emergency room visit.
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Huffington Post
There’s so much we still don’t know about pain
Rosemary Polomano of the School of Nursing said the rise of doctors prescribing opioids to treat chronic pain in the late 20th century “was not based on strong science.”
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