Health & Medicine

Penn Vet researchers have identified metabolic stress as an obstacle to cell transplants, highlighting a critical window for cell-based retinal repair.

Fifteen nursing professionals with ties to Penn Nursing will be inducted as 2025 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Three are current Penn Nursing faculty members and alumnae, with the other 12 are alumni.

A new study by a team of vision scientists from the Division of Experimental Retinal Therapies at Penn Vet, led by William A. Beltran, have worked to demonstrate that a novel surgical tool used previously in gene and cell therapy clinical trials can place therapies directly beneath the retina using a minimally invasive approach.

A team led by researchers in the School of Nursing has developed a multicomponent intervention that uses passive monitoring and behavioral support to help reduce falls in at-risk older adults.

Faculty and doctoral students at Penn Nursing are at the forefront of advancing human milk feeding through a series of research studies, featured in the current issue of The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. The issue, edited by Penn Nursing’s Diane L. Spatz, the Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition and Professor of Perinatal Nursing in the Department of Family and Community Health, highlights articles showcasing critical strategies to enhance lactation care and improve outcomes for families.

Thomas Parsons, Marie A. Moore Endowed Chair and director of Penn Vet’s Swine Teaching and Research Center, has pioneered a more efficient, humane way to feed mother pigs. Daniel Foy is the co-founder and CEO of the tech firm AgriGates, a Philadelphia firm that is turning technology into a next-generation tool for raising and managing livestock. The two are among the first recipients of Pennsylvania’s new Agricultural Innovation Grants, among 88 innovators from 45 counties that put forth cutting-edge solutions and technologies to move Pennsylvania agriculture into the future.

A preclinical study from researchers at Penn Dental Medicine shows that the molecular secretions of stem cells taken from human gum tissue could someday be used to speed the healing and regeneration of damaged tissues in the mouth.

A Lancaster General Health nurse’s uterus donation transformed a woman’s dream of motherhood.

Modupe O. Coker from the School of Dental Medicine and a collaborative team of researchers identified changes over time in the oral microbiome of children living with HIV, offering insights into how early immune challenges shape not only oral health but also systemic health.

New research from Penn Medicine shows the negative, yet reversible, impact of spending time in isolated, confined, extreme environments—such as an Antarctic research station.