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Thomas Sharrock standing on the steps outside a building

Operatic notes: One student’s research on opera in society

Rising second-year Thomas Sharrock attended seven operas this summer at the Royal Opera House in London, studying audience perceptions of opera in the United Kingdom.

Desmond Patton stands with arms crossed in front of a window, which mirrors his image

Desmond Patton and the science of being human

Penn Integrates Knowledge University professor Desmond Upton Patton discusses his research in social media and violence, finding an interdisciplinary career in social work, communication, data science, and psychiatry, and why his open-mindedness never stops.

Four doctors at a table, one gestures to an open laptop.

To reduce medical errors, connect doctors with other doctors

A new study from Annenberg’s Damon Centola uncovers how information-sharing networks can improve medical care.

Police searching for Kwik Trip car thief

Data from the Quattrone Center at Penn Carey Law suggests that COVID-19 has caused crime in the U.S. to drop across the nation’s largest cities.

Dipti Pitta kneeling next to a Holstein dairy cow.

Could we breed cows that emit less methane?

In a new study, researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine identified attributes of low-methane-emitting dairy cows that could be used as targets for selective breeding.

These eight diseases are so rare that drug firms haven’t tried treating them with gene therapy. A $97 million program aims to help

Gene therapy for a rare form of blindness will be tested at Penn Medicine while gene therapy for a condition that causes skeletal deformities and seizures will be tested at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Surgery may help advanced cancer patients with obstructed bowel

A new clinical trial by Robert Krouse of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues suggests that patients with advanced abdominal tumors and major bowel obstructions should be offered surgery earlier in their hospital stay.

Microscopic rendering of mRNA gene editing.

‘In vivo’ RNA-based gene editing model for blood disorders developed

Researchers from Penn Medicine and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia show that gene editing tools can be delivered via lipid nanoparticles, which would reduce cost and increase access to cutting-edge gene therapies.

Microscopic rendering of tau proteins disintegrating microtubuli in a neuron axon.

Protein identified as a target for Alzheimer’s treatment

New Penn Medicine research finds that a tau-regulating protein suppresses deterioration, and suggests replenishing the protein may improve cognitive and motor function.

Hands holding a smartphone open to Facebook in front of a laptop open to Facebook.

First findings from U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram election study

Research by Annenberg School for Communication professor Sandra González-Bailón and colleagues reveals the influence of Facebook’s algorithms on political news exposure.

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