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Penn Study Demonstrates Efficacy of Potential Therapy for Autoimmune Disorder...
A pair of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a fast-acting "vaccine" that can reverse the course of myasthenia gravis in rats, and, they...
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Online Intervention Tool for Physician Trainees May Improve Care of Patients...
Online learning interventions and small group debriefings can improve medical residents’ attitudes and communication skills toward patients with substance use disorders, and may result in improved care...
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Penn Medicine's "Sepsis Sniffer" Generates Faster Sepsis Care and Suggests...
An automated early warning and response system for sepsis developed by Penn Medicine experts has resulted in a marked increase in sepsis identification and care, transfer to the ICU, and an indication...
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Penn Medicine Announces Naming of Paul F. Harron, Jr. Lung Center
A 10 million dollar gift to the University of Pennsylvania to name the Paul F. Harron, Jr. Lung Center will pay tribute to the late broadcast and cable television pioneer and bolster Penn Medicine’s...
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Penn Medicine Researcher Receives New Innovator Award from National...
Roberto Bonasio, PhD, an assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and a core member of the Penn Epigenetics Program is one...
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Penn Study Evaluates Medical Resident Assessment Tool to Reduce Unnecessary...
A first-of-its-kind set of questions included in the Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE) illustrates the need to better evaluate resident proficiency in high-value care (HVC), according...
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New Gene Therapy for "Bubble Boy" Disease Appears to be Safe, Effective
A new form of gene therapy for boys with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome (SCID-X1), a life-threatening condition also known as “bubble boy” disease, appears to be both effective and...
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Penn Medicine's Basser Research Center for BRCA Announces $6.9 Million in New...
The University of Pennsylvania’s Basser Research Center for BRCA has announced $6.9 million to research teams both at Penn and at five other institutions across the United States, aimed at advancing...
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Nursing Home Quality Not Tied to Risk of Readmission or Death Following...
Nursing home care quality does not impact the likelihood of patients being readmitted to the hospital or dying within 30 days of discharge from hospital to nursing home, according to a new analysis of...
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Penn Medicine Celebrates New Paul F. Harron, Jr. Lung Center
Penn Medicine will host a special event to honor the Harron Family for their generous $10 million gift to rename the Penn Lung Center the Paul F. Harron, Jr. Lung Center, in memory of the Chester...
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Penn Medicine Names Theresa Larivee Executive Director of Pennsylvania Hospital
Theresa Larivee has been named the new Executive Director of Pennsylvania Hospital, effective November 1st.
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Penn Medicine Hospitals Named "Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality" by Human...
All four hospitals in the University of Pennsylvania Health System, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and Chester County...
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Diversity in Medical Education: It's Not So Black and White Anymore
A perspective piece in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine from a student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine addresses the evolution of diversity in...
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Research Study of Personalized Cellular Therapy Achieves Complete Remission...
Ninety percent of children and adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who had relapsed multiple times or failed to respond to standard therapies went into remission after receiving an...
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Penn Medicine Researchers Zero in on Psoriasis-Hypertension Link
Patients with more severe psoriasis are also more likely to have uncontrolled hypertension, according to new research by a team at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania....
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Penn Medicine Ebola Virus Preparedness
At Penn Medicine, the safety and protection of all patients and staff is our top priority. To date, we have no patients suspected of or confirmed to have the Ebola virus in our facilities.
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See-Through, One-Atom-Thick, Carbon Electrodes are a Powerful Tool for...
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine and School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have used graphene -- a two-dimensional form of...
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DARPA Awards $12 Million to Penn-led Group to Develop Synthetic DNA Vaccines...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded $12.2 million for a collaborative study by scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Inovio...
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Penn Researchers Untangle the Biological Effects of Blue Light
Blue light can both set the mood and set in motion important biological responses. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine and School of Arts and Sciences have teased apart...
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Penn Multiple Sclerosis Center Named a National Multiple Sclerosis...
Penn Medicine’s Multiple Sclerosis Center has been designated a National MS Comprehensive Care Center by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, a nod to its clinical expertise and patient-centered...
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