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Office of the Vice Provost for Research Provides Funding to 2023 Discovering the Future and Accelerating From Lab to Market Research Grant Recipients
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research has provided nearly $1 million in funding to support research through Discovering the Future and Accelerating From Lab to Market research grant programs.
Gov. Josh Shapiro, President Liz Magill, and others from the Penn community Celebrate the new Penn Institute for RNA Innovation
“One of our great strategic advantages is our compact and contiguous campus, where 12 amazing schools and a world-class health system coexist just a short walk from one another,” said Magill.
Vivodyne Raises $38 Million Seed Financing For Development of Lab Grown Human Tissue Platform
Penn spinout Vivodyne closed a $38 million seed funding round led by Khosla Ventures.
Mitchell Lab: Lipid nanoparticles that deliver mRNA to T cells show potential treatment for autoimmune diseases
The goal of this platform is to engineer adoptive cell therapies inside of the body for specific autoimmune diseases.
Cabaletta Bio Receives Another FDA Clearance for IND application of CABA-201
The company plans to initiate a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of CABA-201 in two cohorts of patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG).
Heirloom Opens First Commercial Carbon Capture Plant in the U.S.
Heirloom uses a process called direct air capture to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
First canine patient receives Vetigenics’ fully canine anti-CTLA4 monoclonal antibody
Vetigenics announced that the first canine patient has received his first dose of Vetigenics' fully canine anti-CTLA4 monoclonal antibody (VGS-001) for oral melanoma.
Cabaletta Bio Receives FDA Clearance of CABA-201 Investigational New Drug Application for Treatment of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
Cabaletta Bio received FDA clearance for their fourth Investigational New Drug application of CABA-201, their CAR T cell investigational therapy, to treat patients with generalized myasthenia gravis.
Philadelphia region designated a federal tech hub for life sciences
The Philadelphia region has been designated as a federal innovation and technology hub, allowing it to compete for a grant of up to $75 million to advance its life sciences industry.
Emily Whitehead, the first child to be cured of cancer with Penn-invented CAR-T therapy, is now a freshman at Penn
From American Sign Language to English to nature photography, Emily has a wide range of interests she intends to explore in her studies.