Penn Medicine to Open New Crisis Response Center
Penn Medicine is launching a new community mental health hub at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — Cedar Avenue, co-locating inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care with a new crisis...
View ArticleAbramson Cancer Center Researchers Receive Top ASCO Awards
Two esteemed leaders from the Abramson Cancer Center, Angela DeMichele, MD, and Carmen Guerra, MD, will be honored with 2023 Special Awards at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual...
View ArticlePenn Medicine at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting
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 ASCO...
View ArticlePenn Medicine Offers Free Cancer Screenings in West Philadelphia
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...
View ArticleFat Cell Study Shows Advancing Treatments for Obesity, Diabetes
New Penn Medicine Study Uncovers Key Details of Fat Cells, Advancing Potential Treatments for Obesity, Diabetes
View ArticleLoneliness in Emergency Medicine Doctors’ Tweets Amid COVID-19
Expressions of loneliness and depression from emergency medicine doctors increased consistently on social media as the COVID-19 pandemic wore on, according to a new study.
View ArticleReal-World Data on Advanced Lung Cancer Immunotherapy Duration
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...
View ArticleStudy Unravels the Mysteries of Actin Filament Polarity
An electron microscopy study revealed key details of actin filaments, which are essential structural elements of cells and muscles.
View ArticleNIH Grant Funds Penn Research to Uncover Cardiac Cell Development
A $6 million grant from the NHLBI will fund new efforts by Penn researchers to uncover how the development and maintenance of heart cells is influenced by DNA. These insights could help drive future...
View ArticleGlia Cells Link Chronic Stress to Inflammatory Bowel Disease
For the first time, cells involved with the communication between stress responses in the brain and inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract have been identified in animal models.
View ArticleEmployee Telemed Visits 25 Percent Less Costly for Health System
Visits with a 24/7, co-payment-free telemedicine program established by Penn Medicine for its employees were 23 percent less expensive than in-person visits for the same conditions.
View ArticleAwards & Accolades: May 2023
Learn how Penn clinicians and researchers are being honored by their peers.
View ArticlePenn Research Shows How Genes Make Us Prone to Allergies
Researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine identified how genetic differences that alter a specific protein called ETS1 can affect our body's response to allergies.
View ArticleNew DNA Sequencing Method May Lead to Earlier Cancer Detection
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine 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.
View ArticleAuto Nudges Impact Opioid Use Disorder in Emergency Department
A program nudging emergency department clinicians to identify and treat opioid use disorder was found to double assessment for opioid withdrawal and increase initiation of evidence-based treatment, a...
View ArticlePenn Medicine to Stop Participation in U.S. News & World Report
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.
View ArticleAntibody Prevents Graft Versus Host Disease in Preclinical Tests
In new preclinical research, an experimental antibody treatment largely prevented a bone marrow transplant complication called graft versus host disease in the intestines, without causing broad immune...
View ArticlePenn Medicine Leads Alzheimers Disease Study in Asian Americans
A $40.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging will fund the first major Alzheimer’s disease genetics cohort for Asian Americans and Asian Canadians. Penn Medicine researchers will lead the...
View ArticleBenjamin Abella Named to PA State Board of Medicine
Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil, a professor of Emergency Medicine and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Emergency, has been appointed to serve on the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine.
View ArticleDeeply Rooted Awards 21 Community Green Grants Totaling $59K
21 Grants totaling $59K were awarded by the Deeply Rooted Collaborative, with help from community partners to fund initiatives to fight food insecurity, community garden cleanup, education programming,...
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