Cesar de la Fuente’s AI Breakthroughs Could Help Predict the Next Pandemic
Recently, Dr. de la Fuente’s lab has been working on developing new antibiotics and exploring prehistoric proteins that could be repurposed to fight modern diseases
2025 President’s Innovation Prize Winner Announced
The team is developing a privacy-centric AI system to support eldercare by reducing staff burnout and addressing gaps in caregiving.
Veradermics Closes Series B Financing and Initiates Phase 2/3 Trial for Hair Loss
Veradermics is a late clinical-stage aesthetics and dermatology-focused biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class therapeutics for common dermatologic conditions.
Vivodyne Weighs in on FDA Proposed Initiative
The FDA recently revealed a new initiative aimed at eliminating the need to test antibody therapeutics in animal models and replacing them with AI modelling or lab-grown human organoids.
Opus Genetics Celebrates Early Win for Retinal Gene Therapy in Pediatric Patient
According to the data, the 16-year-old patient, who was treated in February, showed "meaningful improvement in visual function."
Penn Medicine’s Kiran Musunuru Featured in The New York Times for Gene Therapy Breakthrough
Musunuru explained that this method offers the hope of treating other genetic diseases by fixing mutations .
BioSpace Interviews Penn Spinout Leaders About Life Sciences Growth in Philadelphia
In an article by BioSpace, Philadelphia is showcased as a major life sciences hub.
Penn Engineering’s Deep Jariwala Receives SPIE Early Career Achievement Award for Innovative Work in Novel Materials
Jariwala was honored for his pioneering work on light-matter interactions in quantum-confined materials and the development of excitonic metamaterials.
Christopher B. Murray Honored by the National Academy of Inventors
Murray has been elected to the 2024 class of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows, an honor bestowed upon prominent academic inventors.
National Geographic Names Penn Engineering’s Shu Yang as one of 33 Bold Thinkers for 2025
Shu Yang was featured as one of the National Geographic 33, a group of visionaries, creators, icons, and adventurers from across the globe