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Immune linked high risk diabetic kidney disease found
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Immune linked high risk diabetic kidney disease found

A Penn Medicine study maps kidney tissue in single cell resolution and identifies a form of disease linked to faster progression to kidney failure.

Matt Toal

2 min. read

Empowering unhoused patients through comprehensive eye care
From left to right: Justin Wang, Janine Haros, and Eric Lee in a clinical room at the Scheie Eye Institute, holding documents and smiling together

Justin Wang (left), Janine Haros (center), and Eric Lee (right) in a clinical room at the Scheie Eye Institute, holding documents and smiling together.

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Empowering unhoused patients through comprehensive eye care

Penn fourth-years Eric Lee, Janine Haros, and Justin Wang will use a President’s Engagement Prize to elevate vision health in unhoused individuals across Philadelphia through free eye screenings, tailored care coordination, and interactive patient education.

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Kate O'Neill: Bringing hope to uterine health patients
Kate O'Neill in a clinical exam room.

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Kate O'Neill: Bringing hope to uterine health patients

Physician-scientist Kate O’Neill directs innovative research that helps people suffering from infertility, endometriosis, and other issues build families and have excellent quality-of-life.

1 min. read

New educational video resources will support patients, caregivers, clinicians

New educational video resources will support patients, caregivers, clinicians

Penn Dental Medicine’s new educational video resources are designed to enhance the medical-dental integration efforts at the School’s community care center at PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar in West Philadelphia, and to educate patients and caregivers of persons with disabilities.

David Levine and Mary Robinson: Studying biomarkers to help crack the code on saving equine lives
David Levine and Mary Robinson alongside a horse.

Penn Vet’s David Levine, associate professor of clinical large animal surgery, and Mary Robinson, an associate professor of veterinary pharmacology, both use biomarkers in their work on behalf of equine health.

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David Levine and Mary Robinson: Studying biomarkers to help crack the code on saving equine lives

Researchers at Penn Vet leverage biomarkers to better detect human-caused inflammation in horses and help prevent further complications.

2 min. read

Using AI to help predict cardiac arrests
A doctor looking at EKG heart data.

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Using AI to help predict cardiac arrests

A Penn Engineering and Penn Medicine team built CAMEL, an artificial intelligence model that forecasts dangerous cardiac rhythms before they strike. Their findings pave the way for a new era of real-time, predictive heart care.

2 min. read

Using AI to surface unreported GLP-1 side effects in Reddit posts
A computer screen on a Reddit page about Wegovy next to the computer code on screen.

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Using AI to surface unreported GLP-1 side effects in Reddit posts

Researchers at Penn Engineering have identified patient-reported symptoms associated with GLP-1s in 400,000 posts from 70,000 user sand highlighted two main classes of symptoms that warrant further study.

Ian Scheffler

1 min. read

Improving science and care for early pregnancy loss

Improving science and care for early pregnancy loss

Penn Medicine’s Courtney Schreiber has challenged the status quo of care through research and found peace for the unseen women undergoing first-trimester miscarriage.

From Penn Medicine News

2 min. read

Pet first aid training comes to the rescue
Penn Vet student Alison Kowalski and her Lab mix, Kona.

Penn Vet student Alison Kowalski and her Lab mix, Kona, taking a break from play at a local park.

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Pet first aid training comes to the rescue

For Penn Vet Class of 2026 student Alison Kowalski and her Lab mix, Kona, first aid training helped Kowalski stay cool during Kona’s heat emergency.

From Penn Vet

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