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Early immune clues could help detect and prevent type 1 diabetes
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Early immune clues could help detect and prevent type 1 diabetes

Researchers from Penn Medicine have uncovered new clues in pancreas lymph nodes and the spleen that may stop the disease before insulin is lost forever.

Matt Toal

2 min. read

Florencia Polite: Healer, educator, advocate
Florencia Polite.

Florencia Polite, Penn Medicine’s chief of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology and vice chair of the department’s clinical operations.

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Florencia Polite: Healer, educator, advocate

At home and overseas, Florencia Polite is on a mission to help patients and physicians understand how RSV vaccines protect newborns.

From Penn Medicine News

2 min. read

How might AI shape the future of work?
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Konrad Kording and Ioana Marinescu. 

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How might AI shape the future of work?

Computer scientist Konrad Kording and economist Ioana Marinescu have developed an interactive model that incorporates assumptions from both their fields to predict how AI will affect wages, jobs, and the overall economy.

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An ‘illuminating’ design sheds light on cholesterol
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An ‘illuminating’ design sheds light on cholesterol

High levels of cholesterol are linked to heart disease, stroke, and many other health problems. However, this complex and vital fatty, water insoluble molecule—a lipid—is found in every cell of the body and is not all bad news. It also regulates crucial processes that science has yet to map.

3 min. read

New CAR T strategy targets most common form of heart disease
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New CAR T strategy targets most common form of heart disease

Preclinical research from investigators at Penn Medicine shows that experimental CAR T cells block inflammation in arteries, preventing more than two-thirds of the plaque buildup seen in untreated controls.

2 min. read

Rabies resurgence in Peru highlights global threats of health inequity
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Rabies resurgence in Peru highlights global threats of health inequity

A Penn Medicine analysis shows that surveillance of dog rabies in Arequipa, Peru, is lacking in areas with lower socioeconomic status and could spell problems for infectious disease worldwide.

Frank Otto

2 min. read