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Gene therapy may cure rare diseases. But drugmakers have few incentives, leaving families desperate

An arm of the charitable Foundation Fighting Blindness helped launch a company, Opus Genetics, to advance gene therapy work by Jean Bennett of the Perelman School of Medicine.

Extreme heat and human health, how to cool cities, could index funds go bust?

Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine explains how the changing climate impacts the human body and why some groups are more prone to weather-related complications than others.

Black patients more likely to experience MACE after ADT for prostate cancer

A study by Biniyam G. Demissei of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues found that Black patients were more likely to experience major adverse cardiovascular events after a treatment for prostate cancer.

Opinion: Native Americans face huge healthcare disparities. Here’s a way to help close the gaps

Lauren Eberly of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine used a proactive telehealth program to improve access to care for Native American communities.

Fueling the next epidemic of HIV in Philadelphia: the boomerang effect of curtailing syringe exchange services for people who inject drugs

Florence Momplaisir of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine and Perelman’s Ronald Collman write that the recent Philadelphia city budget removing funding for syringe exchange will harm the city’s population.

Read this if you regularly go to bed after 1 a.m.

Indira Gurubhagavatula of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a study which found that people who go to bed after 1 a.m. were more likely to experience mental health disorders.

An open bottle of prescription pills spilling onto a table with a tumbler of whiskey.

Identifying connections between adverse childhood events and substance use disorders

New research from Penn Medicine finds that people with anxiety and substance use disorders reported experiencing more adverse childhood experiences and lacking protective factors, such as close family connections, that can mitigate their harms.

First study of civilian space crew charts course for research as commercial flight heats up

Penn Medicine researchers have investigated physiological and mental changes in the Inspiration4 crew, the first all-civilian mission operated by SpaceX.

Breast cancer strikes young Black women at alarming rate

Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju of the Perelman School of Medicine analyzes the factors causing breast cancer to affect younger women.

Hot days can raise body temperature and strain the heart

Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a study of the effects of heat exposure on the heart and body temperature.

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