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.
Low-cost Electrochemical Advanced Diagnostic COVID test research published in PNAS
Latest research by Penn Medicine's Cesar de la Fuente, PhD, on the low cost COVID test in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences:
New microfluidic device delivers mRNA nanoparticles a hundred times faster
With a ‘liquid assembly line,’ Penn researchers have produced mRNA-delivering-nanoparticles significantly faster than standard microfluidic technologies.