$2.5 Million Grant Supports Specialized Geriatric Cancer Care
The Penn Medicine Princeton Cancer Center received a $2.5 million grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation to help fund an innovative program to ensure holistic, patient-centered care for older...
View ArticleGeorge Jabboure Netto Named Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Chair
George Jabboure Netto, MD, an internationally recognized physician-scientist specializing in genitourinary pathology and molecular genetic pathology, has been named chair of Pathology and Laboratory...
View ArticleSouth Jersey’s First Proton Therapy Center Opens to Patients
The Penn Medicine | Virtua Health Proton Therapy Center – the first of its kind in South Jersey – will welcome its first patients on Tuesday, April 4.
View ArticleNew Model Predicts Cardiovascular Risk Among CKD Patients
Chronic kidney disease is a strong cardiovascular risk factor and is often accompanied by hypertension and diabetes. A new risk model for cardiovascular disease, developed by Penn, was found to be more...
View ArticlePenn Medicine at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023
Dozens of researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present on the latest advances in cancer research at the AACR Annual Meeting...
View ArticlePenn Medicine Study Reveals New Insights on Brain Development
Brain development follows a newly identified, non-uniform developmental sequence rendering youth to environmental impacts through adolescence.
View ArticleFour Abramson Cancer Center Researchers Receive Top AACR Awards
Four distinguished researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center will receive Scientific Achievement Awards at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023, including the 2023 AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in...
View ArticleAwards & Accolades: March 2023
Learn how Penn clinicians and researchers are being honored by their peers.
View ArticlePenn Medicine CAREs Grants Support Communities at Home & Abroad
From providing clothing to promoting health literacy, the Penn Medicine CAREs Program is providing new and recurring support to 31 employee and medical student service projects aimed at giving back to...
View ArticleTest Detects Parkinson’s Disease Before Symptoms Present
A technique that identifies the build-up of abnormal protein deposits linked to Parkinson’s disease in cerebrospinal fluid can accurately detect patients with the disease.
View ArticleAACR: Preclinical Study Identifies New Target for Ovarian Cancer
Results from a preclinical study from Penn Medicine verified a new target for drug-resistant ovarian cancer and provided data to support a treatment approach that is already making its way into...
View ArticleSusan Taylor, MD, Elected AAD President
Susan Taylor, MD, has been elected the 84th president of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)—the largest society of dermatologists in the world.
View ArticleStudy Links Air Pollution, Heat, Noise & More to Reduced Sleep
The study, published today in Sleep Health, is one of the first to measure multiple environmental variables in the bedroom and analyze their associations with sleep efficiency—the time spent sleeping...
View ArticleHabit Circuits Altered in Individuals with Binge Eating Disorders
The neural circuits that form habits in the brain are altered in patients with binge eating disorder (BED), compared to those of patients without such disorders, according to new research led by the...
View ArticlePenn Medicine at the AAN Annual Meeting 2023
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present data on the latest research across the full spectrum of Neurology at the American Academy of Neurology...
View ArticlePenn Medicine Faculty Receive Awards at the AAN Annual Meeting
Virginia M.Y. Lee, PhD, and Roy H. Hamilton, MD, MS, both from the Perelman School of Medicine, were recognized for their achievements by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) at the 2023 Annual...
View ArticleGene Editing Method Could Power New Cell Gene Therapies
A new approach to the genetic engineering of cells promises significant improvements in speed, efficiency, & reduction in cellular toxicity. The approach could also power the development of...
View ArticleAwards & Accolades: April 2023
Learn how Penn clinicians and researchers are being honored by their peers.
View ArticleRemote Blood Pressure Monitoring May Prevent Postpartum Issues
New mothers with high blood pressure who participated in a post-partum remote blood pressure monitoring program were less likely to have post-partum health issues in the six months after delivery.
View ArticlePenn Medicine at the ASGCT Meeting
The team at the Penn GTP has made substantial progress in addressing gaps in the understanding of AAV vector biology relative to the development of successful gene therapies and will present their...
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