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Survival Rates Similar for Gunshot, Stabbing Victims Whether Brought to the...
A new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found no significant difference in adjusted overall survival rates between gunshot and stabbing (so-called...
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Penn Immunologist to Co-direct 12 Million Dollar Grant to Study Hepatitis
John Wherry, PhD, an associate professor of Microbiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and colleagues from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) are co-directing...
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HIV-infected People with Early-Stage Cancers are up to Four Times More Likely...
HIV-infected people diagnosed with cancer are two to four times more likely to go untreated for their cancer compared to uninfected cancer patients, according to a new, large retrospective study from...
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Penn Medicine Nurses Selected to American Academy of Nursing's Fellows
Six Penn nurses have been selected as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN).
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Penn Study: Computer-Automated, Time-Lapse Embryo Photography May Increase...
Using computer-automated, time-lapse photography of embryos in the laboratory during in-vitro fertilization may improve embryo selection, potentially increasing the chances of pregnancy among women...
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Major Gaps in Hepatitis C Care Identified As New Drugs and Screening Efforts...
A new meta-analysis published online in PLOS ONE by infectious disease and epidemiology specialists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania highlights significant gaps in...
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Penn Medicine Researchers and Collaborators Receive 12.6 Million Dollar NIH...
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are part of a five-university collaboration receiving a 12.6 million dollar, four-year grant from the National...
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University of Pennsylvania's Personalized Cellular Therapy for Leukemia...
A University of Pennsylvania-developed personalized immunotherapy has been awarded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Breakthrough Therapy designation for the treatment of relapsed and refractory...
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Penn Study Finds Living Kidney Donation Does Not Increase Risk of Death or...
Previous studies linking older age with kidney and heart disease have raised concerns about the safety of living kidney donation among older adults. However, in the first study to look closely at this...
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Penn Mesothelioma Program Receives 8 Million Dollar NCI Grant to Study...
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with the Roswell Park Cancer Institute have received an 8 million dollar grant from the National Cancer...
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New Study Shows Drinking Alcohol, Even Light-to-Moderate Amounts, Provides No...
Reducing the amount of alcoholic beverages consumed, even for light-to-moderate drinkers, may improve cardiovascular health, including a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, lower body mass index...
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Penn Chief of Orthopaedic Oncology Kristy Weber Elected President of the...
Kristy Weber, MD, chief of Orthopaedic Oncology in the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and director of the Sarcoma Program in...
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Penn Researchers Successfully Alleviate Pulmonary Inflammation through...
A multidisciplinary research team led by David Eckmann, MD, PhD, Horatio C. Wood Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and...
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Penn Medicine Hospitals Named Among Top Ten in the Nation and Number 1 in...
Penn Medicine hospitals have been ranked among the top ten hospitals in the nation, and once again named number 1 in the Philadelphia area by U.S. News and World Report.
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Kenneth Zaret Named Director of the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Kenneth S. Zaret, PhD, a nationally recognized leader in the fields of developmental and stem cell biology, has been named the new director of the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IRM).
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Liver Transplant Patients Who Receive Organs from Living Donors More Likely...
Penn Medicine researchers found that living donor transplant outcomes are superior to those found with deceased donors with appropriate donor selection and when surgeries are performed at an...
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Potassium Supplements May Increase Survival in Patients Taking Diuretics for...
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that patients taking prescription potassium supplements together with loop diuretics for heart failure have...
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Penn Alzheimer's Researchers to Receive J. Allyn Taylor International Prize...
Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD, and John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD, co-directors of the Marian S. Ware Alzheimer Drug Discovery Program at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are...
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Metabolic Enzyme Stops Progression of Most Common Type of Kidney Cancer
In an analysis of small molecules called metabolites used by the body to make fuel in normal and cancerous cells in human kidney tissue, a research team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
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Penn Study Reveals New Evidence Showing Medical Student Perceptions of Health...
Students graduating from U.S. medical schools in 2012 feel they’ve received a better education in health policy issues than graduates surveyed in 2008, according to a multi-center study led by the...
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