University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Penn Medicine) was founded in 1765 making it the first medical school in the United States. Today Penn Medicine has a teaching hospital rated in the top 10, a biomedical research component and excellent patient care ratings. Penn Medicine is a $3.6 billion enterprise with annual grants from NIH, private foundations and international funding from prestigious foundations like the Swiss National Science Foundations and others. Penn Medicine excels in cell biology research, molecular cardiology research center, cardiovascular institute, Kahn Lab all contribute to the overall objective of Penn Medicine to do great research for the treatment and preventions of human disease.
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Molecular path from internal clock to cells controlling rest and activity revealed in new study
(PhysOrg.com) -- The molecular pathway that carries time-of-day signals from the body's internal clock to ultimately guide daily behavior is like a black box, says Amita Sehgal, PhD, the John Herr Musser Professor ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Four-week vaccination regimen knocks out early breast cancer tumors, researchers find
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report that a short course of vaccination with an anti-HER2 dendritic cell vaccine made partly from the patient's own cells triggers a complete ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Sleep problems increase risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity, study shows
(Medical Xpress) -- People who suffer from sleep disturbances are at major risk for obesity, diabetes, and coronary artery disease, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Gender differences in liver cancer risk explained by small changes in genome
Men are four times more likely to develop liver cancer compared to women, a difference attributed to the sex hormones androgen and estrogen. Although this gender difference has been known for a long time, ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Metastasis of pancreatic cancer in action
Ben Stanger, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Andrew Rhim, MD, a Gastroenterology Fellow in the ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Concurrent treatment for type 2 diabetes and depression significantly improves both conditions
(Medical Xpress) -- Patients simultaneously treated for both Type 2 diabetes and depression improve medication compliance and significantly improve blood sugar and depression levels compared to patients receiving usual care, ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Researchers shorten time for manufacturing of personalized ovarian cancer vaccine
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are in the midst of testing a personalized, dendritic cell vaccine in patients with recurrent ovarian, primary peritoneal ...
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Novel immuno-gene therapy shows promise for the treatment of rare, deadly form of cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report promising new results from a small clinical trial using an immune-system-based gene therapy for treating advanced ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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New study shows how B cells may generate antibodies after vaccination
Steve Reiner, MD, professor of Medicine, and Burton Barnett, a doctoral student in the Reiner lab at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have shown how immune cells, called B ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Reprogramming brain cells important first step for new Parkinson's therapy, study finds
(Medical Xpress) -- In efforts to find new treatments for Parkinson’s Disease (PD), researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have directly reprogrammed astrocytes, ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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HIV drug reduces graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplant patients
An HIV drug that redirects immune cell traffic appears to significantly reduce the dangerous complication graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in blood cancer patients following allogeneic stem cell transplantation (ASCT), according ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Widespread brain atrophy detected in Parkinson's disease with newly developed structural pattern
Atrophy in the hippocampus, the region of the brain known for memory formation and storage, is evident in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with cognitive impairment, including early decline known as mild cognitive impairment ...
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Dec 12, 2011 |
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Test for Alzheimer's disease predicts cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease
A method of classifying brain atrophy patterns in Alzheimer's disease patients using MRIs can also detect cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease, according to a new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine ...
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Dec 12, 2011 |
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Study points to novel way to improve outcomes from umbilical cord blood transplants
A new method to boost the number of immune cells in umbilical cord blood prior to cord blood transplants for cancer patients appears to lead to a quicker rebuilding of a new immune system in the patient's body than with a ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Researchers repair immune system in leukemia patients following chemotherapy
A new treatment using leukemia patients' own infection-fighting cells appears to protect them from infections and cancer recurrence following treatment with fludarabine-based chemotherapy, according to new research from the ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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