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Penn Study Shows an Ancient Crop Effective in Protecting Against a 21st...
Flax has been part of human history for well over 30,000 years, used for weaving cloth, feeding people and animals, and even making paint. Now, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
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Genetically Modified "Serial Killer" T Cells Obliterate Tumors in Patients...
In a cancer treatment breakthrough 20 years in the making, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine have shown sustained remissions of up...
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New Dean of the Perelman School of Medicine Launches Medical Students'...
On Friday, August 12, J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D., the newly inaugurated executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of the Perelman School of Medicine...
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Slowing the Allergic March: Penn Researchers Identify a Target that Could...
A pandemic of ailments called the 'allergic march' -- the gradual acquisition of overlapping allergic diseases that commonly begins in early childhood -- has frustrated both parents and physicians.
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Penn-designed Triple Therapy Regime Puts Patients with Leukemic Form of...
A three-pronged immunotherapy approach nearly doubles five-year survival among patients with rare leukemic form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, reports a new study by dermatologists from the Abramson...
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Edna Foa Receives Inaugural Career Achievement Award From International OCD...
On July 29, 2011, Edna Foa, PhD, received the inaugural International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Outstanding Career Achievement Award.
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HURRICANE IRENE STATEMENT
As always, Penn Medicine puts the safety of our patients and staff first. With an eye toward the possibility of severe weather conditions associated with Hurricane Irene this weekend, hospital...
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Mild Hearing Loss Linked to Brain Atrophy in Older Adults, Penn Study Shows
A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain...
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Visual Test Effective in Diagnosing Concussions in Collegiate Athletes
A sideline visual test effectively detected concussions in collegiate athletes, according to a team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Concussed...
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Penn Researcher Receives Prestigious Award for Groundbreaking ALS Research
The Instituto Paulo Gontijo International Medicine PG Award for the best ALS research by a young investigator was given to Aaron Gitler, PhD, assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at...
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Penn Study Linking Gut Microbe Type with Diet has Implications for Fighting...
"You are what you eat" is familiar enough, but how deep do the implications go? An interdisciplinary group of investigators from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have...
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Viruses in the Human Gut Show Dynamic Response to Diet
The digestive system is home to a myriad of viruses, but how they are involved in health and disease is poorly understood.
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Penn Researchers Awarded $3.2 Million to Continue Musculoskeletal Disorders...
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have been awarded another five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the...
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Penn Researcher Receives $6 Million Grant from Fondation Leducq for Lymphatic...
Mark L. Kahn, MD, professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, received a five-year, $6 million grant from Paris-based Fondation Leducq to study lymphatic...
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Penn Researchers Find High-Fat Diet and Lack of Enzyme Can Lead to Heart...
It's no secret that a high-fat diet isn't healthy. Now researchers have discovered a molecular clue as to precisely why that is.
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Penn Pharmacologist Receives Grant from Prostate Cancer Foundation to Find...
Trevor Penning, PhD, professor of Pharmacology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and colleagues have received a 2011 Prostate Cancer Foundation Challenge Award.
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Penn Study Shows Sustained Safety and Efficacy of Gene Therapy for Inherited...
Three years ago, preliminary but encouraging results were announced regarding the safety and success of gene therapy in a small cohort of patients with an inherited form of blindness known as Leber...
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Enzymes Possible Targets for New Anti-Malaria Drugs, According to Penn-led Study
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Monash University, and Virginia Tech have used a set of novel inhibitors to analyze how the malaria parasite,...
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Penn Study Indicates Atrial Fibrillation May Be Root Cause of Some Severe...
Mitral regurgitation is a common heart valve disorder, where blood flows backwards through the mitral valve when the heart contracts and reduces the amount of blood that is pumped out to the body.
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Tracing an Elusive Killer Parasite in Peru
Despite what Hollywood would have you believe, not all epidemics involve people suffering from zombie-like symptoms--some can only be uncovered through door-to-door epidemiology and advanced mathematics.
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