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Penn Research Develops ‘Onion’ Vesicles for Drug Delivery

Penn Research Develops ‘Onion’ Vesicles for Drug Delivery

One of the defining features of cells is their membranes. Each cell’s repository of DNA and protein-making machinery must be kept stable and secure from invaders and toxins. Scientists have attempted to replicate these properties, but, despite decades of research, even the most basic membrane structures, known as vesicles, still face many problems when made in the lab.

Evan Lerner

Demographics Drive Fitness Partner Decisions Online, Penn Study Finds

Demographics Drive Fitness Partner Decisions Online, Penn Study Finds

Who would you rather have as a fitness partner: a paragon of athleticism and dedication who could motivate you to exceed your current level of fitness or an equal, with whom you could exchange tips and encouragement on the road to better health?

Joseph J. Diorio

The University of Pennsylvania Announces Gift to Name the Home of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology

The University of Pennsylvania Announces Gift to Name the Home of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology

The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and the School of Engineering and Applied Science are pleased to announce a gift of $7.5 million to name the home of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology (M&T Program).

Susan McDonnell

University of Pennsylvania Establishes Penn Center for Innovation

University of Pennsylvania Establishes Penn Center for Innovation

President Amy Gutmann today announced the launch of the Penn Center for Innovation, a new initiative that will provide the infrastructure, leadership and resources needed to transfer promising Penn inventions, know-how and related assets into the marketplace for the public good.   

Evan Lerner

Penn’s Ruth Cowan Elected to American Philosophical Society

Penn’s Ruth Cowan Elected to American Philosophical Society

The University of Pennsylvania’s Ruth Schwartz Cowan has been elected to the American Philosophical Society. She is professor emerita in the Department of History and Sociology of Science.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Team Identifies Promising New Target for Gum Disease Treatment

Penn Team Identifies Promising New Target for Gum Disease Treatment

Nearly half of all adults in the United States suffer from the gum disease periodontitis, and 8.5 percent have a severe form that can raise the risk of heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and pregnancy complications.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Researchers Show Human Learning Altered by Electrical Stimulation of Dopamine Neurons

Penn Researchers Show Human Learning Altered by Electrical Stimulation of Dopamine Neurons

Stimulation of a certain population of neurons within the brain can alter the learning process, according to a team of neuroscientists and neurosurgeons at the University of Pennsylvania. A report in the Journal of Neuroscience describes for the first time that human learning can be modified by stimulation of dopamine-containing neurons in a deep brain structure known as the substantia nigra.

Kim Menard

Penn Vet Study Reveals Salmonella’s Hideout Strategy

Penn Vet Study Reveals Salmonella’s Hideout Strategy

The body’s innate immune system is a first line of defense, intent on sensing invading pathogens and wiping them out before they can cause harm. It should not be surprising then that bacteria have evolved many ways to specifically evade and overcome this sentry system in order to spread infection.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Vignesh Selvakumaran Awarded Penn’s Sobti Family Fellowship

Vignesh Selvakumaran Awarded Penn’s Sobti Family Fellowship

The Center for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania has awarded its inaugural 2014-15 Sobti Family Fellowship to senior Vignesh Selvakumaran.

Jacquie Posey