Penn Medicine Magazine Showcases Penn’s Drug Research and Development and Commercial Partnerships
The Spring 2023 issue of Penn Medicine Magazine describes how Penn has become a hub for drug research and development and created the infrastructure in both supporting clinical research and forging co
President’s Innovation Prize to Sonura, a Group of Penn Engineering Undergraduates and Penn I-Corps Graduates Who Are Developing a Beanie to Promote Cognitive Development of Newborns in the NICU
Penn President Liz Magill awarded the 2023 President’s Innovation Prize toGabriella Daltoso, Sophie Ishiwari, Gabriela Cano, Caroline Amanda Magro, and Tifara Eliana Boyce for their project, Sonura.
Bruce Levine Speaks on the Future of CAR-T Therapies
Levine explained that there are currently six approved CAR-T therapies and he estimates that between 25,000 and 30,000 patients have been treated with those therapies globally.
Mitchell Lab’s Targeted Prenatal Therapy for Mothers and Their Babies Addresses Gap in Health Equity
The researchers’ successful trials in mice show that the technology may potentially lead to promising treatment options for humans with pre-eclampsia.
Penn Medicine, CHOP receive $25M anonymous gift to accelerate research in rare genetic brain disorders
The donation will establish the Center for Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, which will initially focus on developing therapies for disorders related to genetic mutations that are linked to a
Penn Scientists New Research Shows That a CAR-T gel Treatment May Be Able to Kill Residual Cancer Cells Left Over from Surgery
In the study, Penn scientists added CAR-T cells to a gel designed to prevent bleeding after surgery and applied it to the surgical wounds of mice after they had hard-to-treat tumors resected.
PCI Hosts its 7th Annual Innovation@Penn Conference
On January 9th, 2023 PCI was proud to present a star-studded program entitled “The Future of mRNA Technology” at Wharton San Francisco during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.
Karikó and Weissman named to the National Inventors Hall of Fame
Karikó and Weissman were named to the National Inventors Hall of Fame for their mRNA research which made covid-19 vaccines possible.
Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center Presents New Cancer Research at 2022 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting
Researchers from Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center presented the preliminary results of an ongoing Phase I clinical trial for a novel CAR T therapy to be used after cancer.
Penn Researchers Work On Reducing CO2 Emissions by Repurposing Waste from Industrial Mines
Peter Psarras, a research assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering, and his colleagues are repurposing waste from industrial mines.