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Five Penn Professors Named AAAS Fellows

30 Nov 2012 – Five faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read more

Penn Study Finds Residents Believe Vacant Land Threatens Community, Physical and Mental Health

30 Nov 2012 – A new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania uses in-depth interviews with local residents to examine perspectives on how vacant land affects community, physical, and mental health. Read more

Penn Team Identifies Molecular Root of "Exhausted" T Cells in Chronic Viral Infection

29 Nov 2012 – A new study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, suggests a novel therapeutical approach that might be used to shift the balance of power in chronic infections. The study appears in the November 30 issue of Science. Read more

Penn Scientist Named First Director of New Center for Orphan Disease Research and Therapy

28 Nov 2012 – H. Lee Sweeney, Ph.D., the William Maul Measey Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, has been named the inaugural director of Penn’s Center for Orphan Disease Research and Therapy. Read more

Penn-Temple Team Discovers What Keeps a Cell's Energy Source Going

26 Nov 2012 – In a new paper out this week in Nature Cell Biology, the same Penn-Temple team describe a new protein and its function. Like MICU1, this new protein, MCUR1, interacts physically with MCU, the uniporter calcium ion channel within the mitochondria. Read more

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