Medicine

Lab tests and scans interpreted by AI? These Penn doctors are researching the good—and bad—ways to use AI in health care

In a Q&A, Samiran Mukherjee of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the potential ways that AI can benefit health care professionals and patients.

A person wearing latex gloves using a pipette and a microscope in a lab.

A new understanding of immune response during SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections

New research by Penn Medicine finds T cells to be a critical defense against severe illness in the first days after infection, giving clues that could lead to stronger vaccines.

Pregnant person standing on a floor scale.

High pregnancy weight gain tied to higher risk of death in the following decades

Findings from a Penn Medicine study, which analyzed 50 years of data, highlights the health risks tied to conditions like heart disease and diabetes that can occur when more weight is gained in pregnancy than recommended.

Ozempic and Wegovy don’t cost what you think they do

Jalpa Doshi of the Perelman School of Medicine says that as market competition increases for weight-loss drugs, prices will decrease accordingly.

Study shows promise for iNKT cell platform to treat cancer

Researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Perelman School of Medicine have shown that invariant natural killer T cells from a healthy donor can persist in MHC-mismatched canines, demonstrating a reliable platform to inform human clinical trials.

No one should die waiting for an organ transplant. These doctors want to ensure that doesn’t happen

Researchers at NYU Langone Health built on work from Penn to pioneer the first transplants from hepatitis C-positive donors.

Snoozing your alarm might not be that bad for sleep, study suggests

Indira Gurubhagavatula of the Perelman School of Medicine says that putting a phone or alarm across the room can break the habit of relying on the snooze button and make it harder to slip back into sleep.

Disparities persist across levels of surgery department leadership in U.S.

A new Penn Medicine-led study highlights the need for thoughtful leadership planning to increase representation of women and minorities in roles with paths for promotion.

Beyond COVID vaccines: What else could mRNA technology do for our health?

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine are lauded for receiving the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries in mRNA biology.

Learning about resilience to stress

PURM students spent the summer researching the neurobiology of stress resilience in the lab of Seema Bhatnagar, anesthesiology and critical care professor in the Perelman School of Medicine.

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