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Treatment Doctor Tested On Himself Can Put Others into Remission
Five years ago, David C. Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, both a Penn Medicine researcher and patient, tried an experimental treatment based on his laboratory research findings in the hopes of saving his own...
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Nicotine-Free E-Cigarettes Can Damage Blood Vessels
Smoking e-cigarettes, also called vaping, has been marketed as a safe alternative to tobacco cigarettes and is rising in popularity among non-smoking adolescents. However, a single e-cigarette can be...
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Helping Skin Cells Differentiate Could Be Key to Treating Common Skin Cancer
The outer layer of the skin completely replaces itself every two to four weeks, but when this process is blocked, cancer can grow.
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BRCA1/2 Genetic Testing Recommendations Still Leave Issues Unresolved
While the changes are beneficial, the recommendations still fail to address many persisting problems in the modern world of genetic testing, according to a new JAMA editorial co-authored by Susan...
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Penn Psychiatry and Radiology Researchers Join Forces to Create New Center of...
Psychiatry and radiology researchers from Penn Medicine are teaming up to create a new Center of Excellence that focuses on the use of neuroimaging to improve our understanding of opioid use disorders...
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Text Instructions, Reminders Boost Rates of Colonoscopies
Having simple text conversations with patients one week before they are scheduled for a colonoscopy dramatically decreased the “no-show” rates, according to a recent study conducted by Penn Medicine...
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Many Kidneys Discarded in the United States Would Be Transplanted in France
French organ transplant centers are far more likely to accept “lower-rated” kidneys, like those from older organ donors, than centers in the United States, according to a first-of-its kind analysis...
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Giving Trauma Patients a Hormone that Helps Stabilize Blood Pressure Cuts...
Giving trauma patients with severe blood loss the hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP) cut the volume of blood products required to stabilize them by half, according to results of a new,...
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Blocking Specific Protein Could Provide a New Treatment for Deadly Form of...
Blocking a kinase known as CDK7 sets off a chain reaction that results in the death of prostate cancer cells that have spread and are resistant to standard therapies, according to a new study from...
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Providing More Testing Choices Does Not Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening...
One in three people in the United States are not up-to-date on their screening for colorectal cancer, the second deadliest cancer in the United States, so doctors and researchers like Mehta and his...
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Emoji Buttons Gauge Emergency Department Sentiments in Real Time
Simple button terminals – featuring “emoji” reflecting a range of emotions and sentiments -- stationed around emergency departments (EDs) are effective in monitoring doctor and patient sentiments in...
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Minority Students Still Underrepresented in Medical Schools
Black, Hispanic, and American Indian students remain underrepresented in medical schools, despite increasing efforts to create a diverse physician workforce, according to a new study by researchers in...
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Patients in the U.S. and Canada are Seven Times as Likely as those in Sweden...
Patients in the United States and Canada are seven times as likely as those in Sweden to receive a prescription for opioid medications after surgery, according to a new multi-institutional study led by...
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Penn Researcher Virginia M.Y. Lee, PhD, Receives $3 Million Breakthrough Prize
Virginia M.Y. Lee, PhD, the John H. Ware 3rd Professor in Alzheimer’s Research in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research...
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Using a Wearable Device to Exercise More? Add Competition to Improve Your...
While using a wearable device alone may not always be enough to motivate more exercise, adding fun and competition can be the catalyst needed to drive real results, according to a new study from...
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Awards & Accolades: August 2019
Learn how Penn clinicians and researchers are being honored by their peers.
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CAR T-Cell Therapy May Be Harnessed to Treat Heart Disease
CAR T-cell therapy, a rapidly emerging form of immunotherapy using patients’ own cells to treat certain types of cancers, may be a viable treatment option for another life-threatening condition: heart...
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University of Pennsylvania Announces Completion of Exclusive R&D Alliance...
Following a landmark, first-of-its-kind collaboration that spawned the global CAR T cell therapy industry, the University of Pennsylvania and Novartis have concluded their seven-year research and...
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Hepatitis C-Infected Kidneys Function Similar to Uninfected Organs One Year...
Kidneys from donors who were infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) function just as well as uninfected kidneys throughout the first year following transplantation, according to a new Penn Medicine...
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Two Studies Show Promise, Safety of Proton Therapy in the Brain in Children...
From improving outcomes in children with brain cancer to lowering the risk of damage to the brainstem in children with central nervous system tumors, a pair of new studies published today add to the...
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