PHILADELPHIA -- For years, it was harder for Black patients to secure a coveted spot on the national kidney transplant waitlist because a clinical algorithm was making Black patients appear healthier than they were. After a Penn Medicine researcher exposed …
PHILADELPHIA – Human artificial chromosomes (HACs) capable of working within human cells could power advanced gene therapies, including those addressing some cancers, along with many laboratory applications, though serious technical obstacles have hindered …
The Jordan Medical Education Center fifth floor lobby was brimming with giddy nerves and excitement on Match Day—except for the corner nearest the door to the roof garden, where a meltdown was brewing. While his Perelman School of Medicine classmates …
PHILADELPHIA – Antibody responses to new SARS-CoV-2 variant infections and vaccinations are powerfully shaped by prior exposures to earlier SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania …
For over 20 years, Maria Wright, BSN, RN has served others as a nurse, first as an LPN and working her way up to RN in 2020 and BSN in 2022. Now a Rehab Case Manager with the Neuro Recovery program at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, she provides …
Presenters from Penn Medicine’s technology teams will cover items such as AI and planning the introduction of IT when opening a totally new area March 08, 2024 PHILADELPHIA—Members of the teams running and innovating technology used at Penn Medicine will …
Training the body’s own immune system to attack cancer cells is known as immunotherapy and it’s a treatment option that’s been highly effective for many cancer types, including lung cancer and melanoma. However, despite decades of research, immunotherapy …
Brian Capell, MD, an assistant professor of Dermatology, received a $100,000 grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The award will build on Capell’s previous research showing that modulating the types of fatty acids in the diet may prevent the formation …
By Queen Muse The name Edward S. Cooper adorns a bustling internal medicine practice at Penn Medicine in University City. The patients who come for a variety of routine medical care every day might not know the story behind the center’s namesake, but they …
Imagine having a personal health companion by your side, guiding you towards a healthier heart every step of the way. Heart experts at Penn Medicine have created a tool that, they say, can fill that very role through text messaging. Heart disease is the …
Hospital programs were recognized with the Excellence in Care, Workforce Innovators, and the prestigious Living the Vision awards. February 22, 2024 From left to right, Katherine Costantini, Melissa Welsh, Jennifer Cohen, MD, spearheaded an initiative at …
Shortly after I was born, my parents noticed I had severe muscle weakness, and I was eventually diagnosed with Central Core Disease, a rare (but thankfully non-progressive) muscle disease that weakens and quickly fatigues just about every muscle in the …
Rohlfing’s paintings are inspired by fallen leaves and petals on her neighborhood walks. Ginger Mimmo Rohlfing was staring down breast cancer. To shift her attention away from the frightening diagnosis and the overwhelming thought of upcoming appointments …
Philadelphia – Benjamin “Kyle” Potter, MD, FACS, an internationally renowned physician-leader in combat casualty care, has been named chair of the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Penn Medicine, effective June 24, 2024. He will join the Perelman School …
In popular culture, scientific discovery is often portrayed in “Eureka!” moments of sudden realization: a lightbulb moment, coming sometimes by accident. But in real life—and in Penn Medicine’s rich history as a scientific innovator for more than 250 …
Penn Medicine research found statistically significant decreases in sleep duration among Black adults after exposure to deaths of unarmed Black individuals during police encounters. February 05, 2024 PHILADELPHIA – Black adults across the United States …
Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, and M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS. PHILADELPHIA – A $5 million grant seeks to develop new, more efficient approaches to learn from the care delivered to patients across the University of Pennsylvania Health …
PHILADELPHIA – As we approach the four-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, health misinformation continues to be pervasive and negatively impact public health. The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that, in 2022, the amount of …
PHILADELPHIA – The development of any type of second cancer following CAR T cell therapy is a rare occurrence, as found in an analysis of more than 400 patients treated at Penn Medicine, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of …
Warfel, pictured here, during her IRONMAN race in Kona, Hawai’i in October 2023. On a typical day, Ava Warfel, RN, wakes up around 3 a.m. The nurse supervisor at the new Penn Medicine HealthWorks Alvernia University practice in Reading, PA, doesn’t have to …
