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Women with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Have Greater Response to Treatment...
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients of different sexes and races may respond differently to treatment with commonly used medications for the disease, says a new study from researchers at...
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Penn Receives $12.5 Million From NIH to Speed Discovery to Patient Care
Three labs from the University of Pennsylvania have received $12.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of its $143.8 million national grant program to challenge the scientific...
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111 Years Young, Third-Oldest Pennsylvanian to Celebrate Birthday at Penn...
The longevity revolution in Philadelphia continues. Super-centenarian Ms. Willie Lassiter will be celebrating her 111th birthday in style on Friday, in the company of family, friends, and Philadelphia...
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Hepatitis C Patients Likely to Falter In Adherence to Treatment Regimen Over...
Patients being treated for chronic hepatitis C become less likely to take their medications over time, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania....
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The 10th Annual "Keep the Beat" Event Held in Memory of HUP Heart Transplant...
The 10th Annual Keep the Beat Event Held in Memory of HUP Heart Transplant Recipient Mickey Gallaher and to Promote Organ Donor Awareness
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Penn Study Shows Increased Alzheimer's Biomarkers in Patients After...
The possibility that anesthesia and surgery produces lasting cognitive losses has gained attention over past decades, but direct evidence has remained ambiguous and controversial. Now, researchers at...
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Penn Study Shows Different Anesthetics Affects Sleep Cycles In Different Ways
In the ongoing quest to find the exact way that anesthetics interact with the central nervous system, anesthesiology researchers have been examining whether the state induced by anesthetics resembles...
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Rebooting the System: Immune Cells Repair Damaged Lung Tissues after Flu...
There’s more than one way to mop up after a flu infection. Now, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report this week in Nature Immunology that a...
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Penn-Developed Online Informed Consent Tool Could Boost Number of Patients in...
A new multimedia informed consent tool accessed via the Internet may make it easier for cancer patients to understand and feel comfortable enrolling in clinical trials, according a study conducted by...
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Severely Impaired Schizophrenics Enter Dynamic Cycle of Recovery after...
Cognitive therapy has dynamically improved the most neurologically impaired, poorly functioning schizophrenic patients. For the first time, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
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Penn Researchers Receive $9 Million NIH Grant to Study Relationship Between...
Daniel J. Rader, MD, chief, Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, and Edward Morrisey, PhD, professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, and...
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Penn Team Links Schizophrenia Genetics to Disruption in How Brain Processes...
Recent studies have identified many genes that may put people with schizophrenia at risk for the disease. But, what links genetic differences to changes in altered brain activity in schizophrenia is...
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6th Annual International Translational Medicine Symposium Held at Penn
A unique gathering of international experts will be charting the unfolding landscape of how to bring personalized medicines to the consumer. Thought leaders from academic medical centers, government,...
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Cardiovascular Disease Linked to Evolutionary Changes That May Have Protected...
Can a bird have a heart attack? A recent paper published by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania suggests that cardiovascular disease may be an unfortunate...
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Penn Assistant Professor Named Educator of the Year by Association of...
Smith Apisarnthanarax, MD, Assistant Professor and Associate Residency Program Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, was named Educator of the Year by the Association of Residents in Radiation...
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Penn Study Explains Paradox of Insulin Resistance Genetics
Obesity and insulin resistance are almost inevitably associated with increases in lipid accumulation in the liver, a serious disease that can deteriorate to hepatitis and liver failure. A real paradox...
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Ceremonial Ground Breaking Celebration for New Outpatient Medical Facility in...
Embarking on one the largest capital projects in the history of Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Medicine will celebrate the official groundbreaking of its new Penn Medicine Washington Square (PMWS)...
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Lab-Made Skin Cells Will Aid Transplantation, Cancer, Drug Discovery...
The pigmented cells called melanocytes aren't just for making freckles and tans. Melanocytes absorb ultraviolet light, protecting the skin from the harmful effects of the sun. They also are the cells...
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Invitation to Cover High Fashion and Hope
It will be lights, camera, fashion, and passion for a cure during the Abramson Cancer Center's Focus On Women's Cancers Conference on Friday, October 28th. Penn Medicine cancer physicians, patients,...
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Region''s First Bilateral Hand Transplant Performed at the Hospital of the...
For the first time in the Delaware Valley Region, a patient has undergone a complex and intricate transplant procedure that could significantly enhance the quality-of-life for persons with multiple...
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