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Penn Medicine Cardiovascular Researcher Honored by American Medical...
Rajan Jain, MD, cardiovascular fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, has been honored with an American Medical Association (AMA) 2012 Seed Grant Research Program award for his promising...
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Duality of Longevity Drug Explained by Perelman School of Medicine Researchers
A Penn- and MIT-led team explained how rapamycin, a drug that extends mouse lifespan, also causes insulin resistance.
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Breast Cancer Patients Suffer Treatment-Related Side Effects Long After...
More than 60 percent of breast cancer survivors report at least one treatment-related complication even six years after their diagnosis, according to a new study led by a researcher from the Perelman...
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Penn Medicine's CAREs Foundation Funds Community Health and Education Programs
Continuing its commitment to underserved communities, Penn Medicine established the CAREs Foundation Grant Program in January 2012 to support and recognize faculty, student, and/or staff efforts to...
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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Ranked Among 100 Top Hospitals in the...
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center has ranked among the nation's top 100 hospitals, according to the annual study by Thompson Reuters.
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Parkinson's Protein Causes Disease Spread in Animal Model, Suggesting Way...
Last year, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that small amounts of a misfolded brain protein can be taken up by healthy neurons, replicating...
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Penn Medicine Cancer Team's "Serial Killer" T Cell Leukemia Treatment Named...
Carl June, MD, director of Translational Research for the Abramson Cancer Center and a professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania,...
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Penn Receives $3.8 Million to Study Psoriasis Treatment and Cardiovascular...
A team of researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has received a $3.8 million dollar grant from the National Institute of Health's National Heart, Lung, and...
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ALS Patients Differ on Treatment Choices in Later Phases of Disease, Penn...
Two new studies analyzing treatment decisions in late-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients shed light onto treatments aimed to extend the duration and quality of life in this...
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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Receives Prominent Magnet Recognition for...
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC) has achieved Magnet status – the highest institutional honor awarded for nursing excellence – from the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet...
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Penn Medicine Study Calls for Range of Diagnostic Spinal Fluid Tests to Help...
In a series of studies being presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Penn researchers demonstrated that, while tests created for AD are effectively...
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Perelman School of Medicine Professor Elected to the Royal Society
Garret FitzGerald, MD, chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Institute for Translational Medicine & Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of...
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Gatekeeper of Brain Steroid Signals Boosts Emotional Resilience to Stress
A cellular protein called HDAC6, newly characterized as a gatekeeper of steroid biology in the brain, may provide a novel target for treating and preventing stress-linked disorders, such as depression...
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Perelman School of Medicine Researchers Elected to American Academy of Arts...
Perelman School of Medicine researchers Thomas Curran, PhD, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Gary A. Koretzky, MD, PhD, vice chair for research and chief scientific officer,...
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Newer, More Expensive Psoriasis Drugs Only Slightly More Effective Than Older...
More expensive biologic treatments for psoriasis were only marginally more effective than standard treatments, according to a new study led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
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New Penn Study Confirms Two Treatments for Age-Related Macular Degeneration...
Two drugs commonly used to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD) yield similar improvements in vision for patients receiving treatments on a monthly or as-needed basis, according to a study from...
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Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh, Former Perelman School of Medicine Dean,...
Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh, was awarded the highest honor of the Association of American Physicians (AAP) the George M. Kober Medal, this week at the annual joint meeting of the AAP and the American...
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Penn Medicine Physician Receives National Honor for Advancing Field of Urology
Alan J. Wein, MD, PhD (Hon), has received the Keyes Medal from the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS) for his contributions to the field of urology. Wein is professor and chief of...
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Genetically Modified T Cell Therapy Shown to be Safe, Lasting in Decade-Long...
HIV patients treated with genetically modified T cells remain healthy up to 11 years after initial therapy, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report in...
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NSAIDs and Cardiovascular Risk Explained, According to Studies from the...
After nearly 13 years of study and intense debate, a pair of new papers from the Perelman School of Medicine, at the University of Pennsylvania have confirmed exactly how a once-popular class of...
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