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  • “Good” Bacteria Keep Immune System Primed to Fight Future Infections, According to Penn Study

    January 26, 2010
    New research shows that "good" bacteria in the gut keep the immune system primed to more effectively fight infection from invading pathogenic bacteria.
  • Penn Medicine Team One Heads to Haiti

    January 26, 2010
    A team of Penn Medicine orthopaedic and trauma surgeons, anesthesiologists, critical medical and surgical care nurses, OR and peri-operative nurses, and OR technical specialists, has flown to Haiti to provide expert medical care. The team expects to be in Haiti for approximately two weeks.
  • Penn Medicine Experts Available for Vancouver Olympics Coverage

    January 25, 2010
    Experts from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are available to offer expert medical insight and commentary during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver on issues ranging from the effects of performance enhancing drugs to concerns about the spread of novel H1N1, head trauma and more.
  • Trauma Patients Safe from Mortality Risks, Complications Associated With So-Called “Weekend Effect,” Penn Study Shows

    January 22, 2010
    People who are in car crashes or suffer serious falls, gunshot or knife wounds and other injuries at nights or on weekends do not appear to be affected by the same medical care disparities as patients who suffer heart attacks, strokes, cardiac arrests and other time-sensitive illnesses during those “off hours,” according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
  • Penn Scientist Given National Postdoctoral Association 2010 Distinguished Service Award

    January 21, 2010
    Trevor M. Penning, Ph.D., director of the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will receive The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) 2010 Distinguished Service Award at the NPA's 8th Annual Meeting, to be held March 12-14 in Philadelphia. Dr. Penning is recognized in the postdoctoral community as a longtime advocate on behalf of postdoctoral scholars, both on the home and national fronts.
  • Study Puts Bariatric Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes to the Test

    December 29, 2009
    A multi-disciplinary team of Penn researchers, including diabetes, weight loss and bariatric surgery experts, are conducting a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to determine if bariatric surgery, either gastric bypass or adjustable gastric banding surgery, is more effective than lifestyle modification to reduce weight and ultimately treat Type 2 diabetes.
  • FDA Clears TransOral Robotic Surgery – Developed at Penn –for Tumors of Mouth, Throat and Voice Box

    December 18, 2009
    A minimally invasive surgical approach developed by head and neck surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicinehas been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, California) has been cleared for TransOral otolaryngologic surgical procedures to treat benign tumors and select malignant tumors in adults.
  • Penn Medicine, CHOP Autism Genetic Research Named One of TIME Magazine’s Top Ten Medical Breakthroughs of 2009

    December 10, 2009
    The upcoming issue of TIME magazine includes research from a team of Penn Medicine and CHOP autism genetics experts among it's Top Ten Medical Breakthroughs of 2009. The team first reported that multiple gene variants, both common and rare, may raise the risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in the journal Nature in April. The first study suggested that a particular genetic variation, found on a cluster between CDH10 and CDH9 on chromosome 5, is found in about 15 percent of children with autism, according to co-senior author Gerard Schellenberg, PhD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The second study identified missing or duplicated stretches of DNA along two crucial gene pathways. Both studies detected genes implicated in the development of brain circuitry in early childhood.
  • Penn Study Describes Novel Model of Skin Cancer, Providing Insights into the Second-Most Common Type of Cancer

    December 09, 2009
    Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have developed a new model of skin cancer based on the knowledge that a common cancer-related molecule called Src kinase is activated in human skin-cancer samples.
  • With Amino Acid Diet, Improvement After Brain Injury

    December 09, 2009
    Neurology researchers have shown that feeding amino acids to brain-injured animals restores their cognitive abilities and may set the stage for the first effective treatment for cognitive impairments suffered by people with traumatic brain injuries.
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