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Released: 1-Aug-2023 11:00 AM EDT
NIH Awards Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia $26 Million Grant to Develop Therapies for Rare Newborn Genetic Diseases
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) team will seek to develop treatments for three rare, incurable genetic diseases with the help of a $26 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Released: 18-Jul-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Penn Medicine Researchers Awarded $27.5 Million for Large Palliative Care Study
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A Penn Medicine research team has been approved for a $27.5 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for a large study on effectively and equitably scaling and delivering inpatient palliative care.

11-Jul-2023 7:00 AM EDT
Penn Medicine Researchers to Lead $40 Million, Multisite Study of Alzheimer’s Disease in Asian Americans and Asian Canadians
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A $40.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will fund the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) study at Penn Medicine and 15 other academic research centers across the United States and Canada.

27-Jun-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Antibody Treatment Prevents Graft Versus Host Disease, a Major Bone Marrow Transplant Complication, in Advanced Preclinical Tests
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

An experimental antibody treatment largely prevented a bone marrow transplant complication called graft versus host disease (GVHD) in the intestines, without causing broad immune suppression, in a preclinical study led by researchers from Penn Medicine and Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and published today in Science Translational Medicine.

Released: 26-Jun-2023 8:15 AM EDT
Penn Medicine to Stop Actively Participating in U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” Rankings
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania Health System, part of Penn Medicine, announced today that it will discontinue active participation in the annual U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings.

   
Released: 15-Jun-2023 11:05 AM EDT
New, Precise, and Efficient DNA Sequencing Method May Lead to Easier Testing and Earlier Cancer Detection
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have invented a new way to map specific DNA markings called 5-methylcytosine (5mC) which regulate gene expression and have key roles in health and disease. The innovative technique allows for scientists to profile DNA using very small samples and without damaging the sample which means it can potentially be used in liquid biopsies (testing for cancer markers in the bloodstream) and early cancer detection.

Released: 15-Jun-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Penn Research Provides Better Understanding into How Genes Make Us Prone To Allergies
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

New research is bolstering scientific understanding behind why some people are more prone to allergies than others. Researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania identified how genetic differences that alter a specific protein called ETS1 can affect our body's response to allergies. They found that small changes in ETS1 in an animal model can lead to an increased likelihood for allergic reactions that cause inflammation. The findings were published recently in Immunity.

5-Jun-2023 11:10 AM EDT
Telemedicine Visits Cut Health System Employee Care Costs by Nearly 25 Percent
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Comparing Penn Medicine OnDemand services with in-person care showed that telemedicine visits are significantly less expensive to deliver

Newswise: Study Unravels the Mysteries of Actin Filament Polarity
Released: 8-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Study Unravels the Mysteries of Actin Filament Polarity
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

An electron microscopy study revealed key details of actin filaments, which are essential structural elements of cells and muscles

Released: 8-Jun-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Discovering Cell Identity: $6 Million NIH Grant Funds New Penn Medicine Research to Uncover Cardiac Cell Development
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Historically, scientists have studied how cells develop and give rise to specialized cells, such as heart, liver, or skin cells, by examining specific proteins.

2-Jun-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Real-World Data Suggests Stopping Immunotherapy after Two Years is Reasonable in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A new study from Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center suggests that it’s reasonable for patients with advanced lung cancer to stop immunotherapy treatment at two years, as long as their cancer hasn’t progressed.

Released: 1-Jun-2023 10:35 AM EDT
Tweets Showed Increasing Loneliness Among Emergency Medicine Doctors During COVID-19
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Social media study found a steady increase in expressions of loneliness and depression as the pandemic continued

30-May-2023 2:45 PM EDT
New Penn Medicine Study Uncovers Key Details of Fat Cells, Advancing Potential Treatments for Obesity, Diabetes
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

New research has unlocked insights into how “good fat” tissue could potentially be harnessed to combat obesity and remove glucose from the blood, helping to control diabetes. Published today in Science Advances, the work is a collaboration between researchers with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Cambridge, Free University of Brussels and University of East Anglia.

Released: 30-May-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Penn Medicine to Offer Free Cancer Screenings, including 3D Mammograms with Siemens Healthineers, at June Community Events in and around West Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

As part of a continued focus on making cancer screenings more accessible to the greater Philadelphia community, Penn Medicine is providing free cancer screenings, no insurance required, including advanced 3D mammograms, in West Philadelphia this June.

25-May-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Penn Medicine at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present data on the latest advances in clinical cancer research at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting from June 2-6 in Chicago, Illinois.

Released: 25-May-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Two Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center Faculty Members Receive Top ASCO Awards
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Two esteemed leaders from the Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will be honored with 2023 Special Awards from the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, during the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Released: 19-May-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Penn Medicine to Open New Crisis Response Center as Part of a Unified Mental Health Care Hub at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – Cedar Avenue
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Penn Medicine is launching a new community mental health hub at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — Cedar Avenue (HUP Cedar), co-locating inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care with a new crisis response center (CRC) at the facility. The multi-year plan will put crucial psychiatric and substance use care in easy reach for West and Southwest Philadelphia residents, at a time when both mental illness and drug and alcohol dependence are surging in the city.

Released: 16-May-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Penn Medicine at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy 26th Annual Meeting
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Researchers from the Gene Therapy Program (GTP) at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present nine abstracts highlighting their translational science and discovery research on gene therapy, gene editing, and adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector technology at the American Society of Cell and Gene Therapy (ASGCT) 26th Annual Meeting on May 16–20, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

Released: 28-Apr-2023 1:20 PM EDT
Improved Gene Editing Method Could Power the Next Generation of Cell and Gene Therapies
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A new approach to the genetic engineering of cells promises significant improvements in speed, efficiency, and reduction in cellular toxicity compared to current methods. The approach could also power the development of advanced cell therapies for cancers and other diseases, according to a study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.



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