Penn scientists win $3 million Breakthrough Prize for RNA research that enabled COVID-19 vaccines
Sixteen years after their research at Penn paved the way for billions to be vaccinated against COVID-19, two scientists from Penn have been honored with the Breakthrough Prize.
One of Tachi’s newly born legacy biotechs raises $135M and enlists an A-list board to advance late-stage vaccine
Tachi Yamada's biotechs are continuing to make news.
Penn Medicine and Wharton Social Impact Initiative Launch New $5 Million Investment Initiative for Businesses that Improve Health of Philadelphians
Three start-up companies will be the first to receive investment from the Fund for Health, a joint partnership between Penn Medicine and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative.
Penn mRNA researchers Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó awarded the 2021 Albany Prize
The award, one of the largest in medicine and science in the U.S., has been given for the last 20 years by Albany Medical Center to those who have altered and positively impacted the course
COVID-19 mRNA vaccine that uses fundamental Penn technology receives FDA approval
The U.S. FDA has given the first full approval to a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, which uses modified mRNA technology invented and developed by scientists at Penn.
Engineers create faster and cheaper COVID-19 testing with pencil lead
To address cost, time and accuracy, a new electrochemical test developed by Penn researchers uses electrodes made from graphite—the same material found in pencil lead.
New cell therapy shows potential against solid tumors with KRAS mutations
A new technology for cellular immunotherapy showed promising anti-tumor activity in the lab against hard-to-treat cancers driven by the once-considered “undruggable” KRAS mutation.
These obese mice lost weight by ‘sweating’ their fat, Penn team finds
The animals lost weight despite eating more. But would it work in humans?
Beaker List: Top entrepreneurial life science professors @ Penn
IOS, a life science innovation blog by Alix Ventures, featured the top entrepreneurial life science professors at Penn. The list contained some of the top innovators at Penn, including Drs. Carl June
Philadelphia-area VC funding smashes annual record just halfway through 2021
Philadelphia-area firms raised $3.1 billion in venture capital funding during the first half of 2021, already smashing an annual record set two years ago.