Key to detecting ovarian cancer early may be in the fallopian tubes Key to detecting ovarian cancer early may be in the fallopian tubes A lack of early detection or prevention strategies for ovarian cancer is a major cause of poor outcomes for patients, and most do not have a family history or inherited genetic risk, so there is a pressing need for the development of earlier detection methods.
Match Day 2022: Persevering through the pandemic to become physicians Match Day 2022: Persevering through the pandemic to become physicians On March 18, 160 graduating Perelman School of Medicine students celebrated Match Day at the Jordan Medical Education Center, along with their peers, friends, and family members.
CHOP and Penn Medicine to lead Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health CHOP and Penn Medicine to lead Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health The new center, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, aims to identify and protect children in vulnerable communities from environmental exposures.
A possible key to supporting muscle regeneration in Duchenne muscular dystrophy A possible key to supporting muscle regeneration in Duchenne muscular dystrophy New Perelman School of Medicine research found that restoring a single protein in muscles affected by the genetic disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy improved their ability to heal.
No-click system doubles hepatitis C screening orders No-click system doubles hepatitis C screening orders A Penn Medicine study finds that screening rates climbed to 80% for patients whose doctors didn’t need to opt in to order a screening.
CAR T cells suppress GI solid tumor cells without toxicity to healthy tissue CDH17 CAR T cells attack a tumor but spare healthy tissue. (Image: Penn Medicine News) CAR T cells suppress GI solid tumor cells without toxicity to healthy tissue New research finds that CAR T cells can eliminate solid tumors, but do not damage healthy, normal tissues that also express a tumor antigen, because the tumor antigen is sequestered and hidden between the normal cells.
Industrial robots and population health: A deadly mix Industrial robots and population health: A deadly mix A new Penn study demonstrates how, over the last 40 years, high-tech factory automation has enhanced business operations at the same time it has generated widespread “deaths of despair” and other health problems in communities with ousted human workers.
Hands to hold on the path to surgery Hands to hold on the path to surgery The first-of-its kind Center for Surgical Health provides navigation and support to help under- and uninsured patients receive surgical treatment before it becomes an emergency.
COVID-19 turned everything upside down. What has Penn Medicine’s innovation team learned? Image: Penn Medicine News COVID-19 turned everything upside down. What has Penn Medicine’s innovation team learned? To many in health care—including those in Penn Medicine’s Center for Health Care Innovation—the COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis from which to find the next great learning opportunity.
From a pandemic, scientific insights poised to impact more than just COVID-19 Bijels, or bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsion gels, are structured emulsions of oil and water that are kept separated by a layer of nanoparticles. Penn Engineering researchers will develop a way of using them to manufacture mRNA-based therapeutics. (Image: Penn Engineering Today) From a pandemic, scientific insights poised to impact more than just COVID-19 Pivoting to study SARS-CoV-2, many scientists on campus have launched new research projects that address the challenges of the pandemic but also prepare us to confront future challenges.