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“Of Medicine and Miracles” Is Now Available to Stream

This documentary follows Penn Medicine CAR T cell therapy pioneer, Carl June, MD’s quest to cure a young girl’s cancer.

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Recent News

  • Enhanced CAR T cell therapy offers new strategy for lymphoma May 7, 2025
  • Penn Medicine breaks ground on fourth proton therapy center April 28, 2025
  • New Medicare program could dramatically improve affordability for cancer drugs–if patients enroll April 28, 2025
  • Penn Medicine at the AACR Annual Meeting 2025 April 21, 2025
  • Shelley Berger, PhD, honored by AACR for cancer research April 14, 2025
  • Immunotherapy may boost KRAS-targeted therapy in pancreatic cancer March 14, 2025
  • Four Penn cancer researchers elected as Fellows of the AACR Academy March 10, 2025
  • Text message tool addresses "time toxicity" for cancer patients February 19, 2025
  • No evidence that CAR T cell therapy causes secondary cancers, Penn study finds February 3, 2025
  • Penn Medicine’s Susan Domchek, MD, honored by ASCO for cancer prevention work January 30, 2025
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