“Someday, there will be a cure!” For decades, ever since Curt Krouse was a young child with hemophilia B, those hopeful words rang out at the end of an annual fashion show that his mother, Sandy, co-hosted as part of a hard-working committee to benefit the …
Researchers suggest changes in kidney transplant care and monitoring February 10, 2025 PHILADELPHIA— More than 90% of the adult population in the U.S. is or has been infected with Epstein Barr virus (EBV). EBV is a highly contagious member of the herpes …
PHILADELPHIA – Over 1,000 genes may serve as possible treatment targets for individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study, published in Science, from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. By creating …
PHILADELPHIA— Individuals diagnosed with several types of headache disorders – ranging from mild-to-moderate to severe – attempt and complete suicide at higher rates than those without headache diagnoses, according to new research from the Perelman School …
Jax Bari, an 11-year-old from Philadelphia, shows me a photo of himself. It’s hard to look at; in it, he’s sprawled out on the bathroom floor, sad, exhausted. He says, just hours earlier, he had accidentally consumed gluten while out to eat with his family …
PHILADELPHIA— After combing through 4,000 existing medications, an artificial intelligence tool helped uncover one that saved the life of a patient with idiopathic multicentric Castleman’s disease (iMCD). This rare disease has an especially poor survival …
PHILADELPHIA— Within a large group of more than 700 patients treated with CAR T cell therapy, researchers found no evidence that the therapy itself caused any type of secondary cancer in the modified T cells, according to new analysis reported today in …
PHILADELPHIA— Seven physician-scientists from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have been elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation, joining one of the nation’s oldest …
Yvette Sheline, MD, McLure Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Research Early in her academic journey, Yvette Sheline, MD, who is now the McLure Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Research in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of …
Award to be presented during the society’s 2025 annual meeting January 30, 2025 PHILADELPHIA – Susan M. Domchek, MD, FASCO, has been recognized by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) with one of the society’s highest honors, as the 2025 …
Study of nearly 39,000 health records is the first to examine access to firearms and opioids, and completion of related interventions, among veterans at risk for suicide receiving care at the VA January 29, 2025 PHILADELPHIA—Standardizing an assessment …
PHILADELPHIA— New guidelines will help doctors identify patients with a common memory-loss syndrome that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. The diagnostic criteria for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) …
PHILADELPHIA— Pari V. Pandharipande, MD, MPH, FACR, a nationally renowned physician-scientist at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine and Wexner Medical Center, has been named Chair of the department of Radiology at Penn Medicine, effective …
PHILADELPHIA—A new artificial intelligence-powered tool called MISO (Multi-modal Spatial Omics) can detect cell-level characteristics of cancer by looking at data from extremely small pieces of tissue—some as small as 400 square micrometers, equivalent to …
PHILADELPHIA – A new twist on a decades-old anticancer strategy has shown powerful effects against multiple cancer types in a preclinical study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The experimental approach …
“This is it, this pain is going to force me to stop training,” Katie Florio thought to herself while training for the Philadelphia Marathon—at 16 weeks into her pregnancy. The pelvic floor pain manifested at the worst possible time, threatening her …
PHILADELPHIA – Mothers of color who faced racism or microaggressions during obstetric care had higher blood pressure after delivering their babies compared to people of color who did not report racism during their care, according to new research from the …
PHILADELPHIA— Across the United States, no hospital is the same. Equipment, staffing, technical capabilities, and patient populations can all differ. So, while the profiles developed for people with common conditions may seem universal, the reality is that …
PHILADELPHIA – For over a decade, scientists have studied the microbiome, the environment of microorganisms that live on and in the body, and how it affects health and disease. Much less is known about a part of the microbiome called the virome, the …
PHILADELPHIA—Opioid misuse and specifically opioid use disorder (OUD), continues to represent a significant U.S. public health threat, with more than 6 million Americans aged 12 and older meeting the criteria for OUD in 2022. Efforts to ease the crisis …
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