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Gene Therapy Program at Penn Medicine Joins AAVCOVID Vaccine Project
The internationally-renowned Gene Therapy Program at the University of Pennsylvania is joining the AAVCOVID vaccine program led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH),...
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New Mental Health Platform Provides Support for Healthcare Workers
While mental health in the workplace is a longstanding and undertreated issue, it has been amplified as health professionals struggle with the extraordinary physical and emotional demands of COVID-19.
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Pregnancy Complications in Assisted Reproduction Linked to a Specific Process
An experimental study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania links a specific procedure – embryo culture – that is part of the assisted reproduction...
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Penn Medicine Cardiologist Named American Heart Association’s 2020 Physician...
Paul J. Mather, MD, a cardiologist and a professor of Clinical Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the American Heart Association’s (AHA) 2020...
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Penn’s Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET) Receives $8...
The Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET) at the University of Pennsylvania received an $8 million grant, to be distributed over the next five years, from the National Institute of...
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Penn to Co-Lead $6.5 Million Transatlantic Grant to Investigate...
Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will serve as the North American coordinator for a new,...
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10 Percent of Patients Continue to Use Opioids Three to Six Months After...
Nearly 10 percent of patients who are prescribed opioid medications following heart surgery will continue to use opioids more than 90 days after the procedure, according to a new study led by...
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Homeless Patients Are More Likely to be Readmitted to a Hospital Within 30...
Patients who are homeless are far more likely than housed individuals to be readmitted to a hospital within 30 or 90 days of their discharge, according to a new multi-center analysis of inpatient data...
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PennChart’s Genomics Project Earns AAMC Award for Excellence
For the work its done to integrate patient genomic data into electronic medical records in a way that’s usable for both researchers and clinicians, Penn Medicine was recognized by the Association of...
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Nuclear Softening Allows Cells to Move Into Dense Tissue, Encouraging Injury...
By softening a cell’s nucleus so that it can squeeze its way through dense connective tissues, a group of researchers believe they’ve demonstrated a new way to help the body efficiently repair injuries.
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Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19 Are More Likely to Develop Heart Rhythm...
Patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to an intensive care unit were 10 times more likely than other hospitalized COVID-19 patients to suffer cardiac arrest or heart rhythm disorders, according to a...
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Researchers Identify Novel Genetic Variants Linked to Type-2 Diabetes
After examining the genes of more than 200,000 people all over the world who have type-2 diabetes, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Veterans...
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Research Shows Patients and Clinicians Rated Telemedicine Care Positively...
After surveying almost 800 gastroenterology and hepatology patients and their physicians at Penn Medicine, 67 percent of both viewed their video and telephone appointments held during the peak of the...
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Long-term Use of Muscle Relaxants Has Skyrocketed Since 2005
– Office visits for ongoing prescribing of skeletal muscle relaxant drugs tripled from 2005 to 2016, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of...
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Spending on Charity Care Stalled as Medicaid Expanded
“We know that Medicaid expansion helps lift financial burdens that hospitals face, but it wasn’t clear if those savings were being redirected back into the community because of it,” said first author...
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The Gut Shields the Liver from Fructose-Induced Damage
After one consumes food or a beverage containing fructose, the gastrointestinal system, or gut, helps to shield the liver from damage by breaking down the sugar before it reaches the liver, according...
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Penn Launches Region’s First Center for Translational Neuromodulation
The Penn Brain Science, Translation, Innovation, and Modulation (brainSTIM) Center brings together a team of leading neuroscientists, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and engineers at Penn...
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Penn Medicine’s University City Office Tower Awarded LEED Silver Certification
Penn Medicine’s new office tower located on Civic Center Boulevard in Philadelphia – has been awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification.
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Sensory Neurons Outside the Brain Drive Autistic Social Behaviors, Penn Study...
A new study from Penn Medicine lends further evidence that the social behaviors tied to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) emerge from abnormal function of sensory neurons outside the brain.
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