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Study Shows Red Yeast Rice Reduces Cholesterol:
ABC World News features comments by study co-author Dr. Daniel Rader
Download the study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (PDF) »
June 15, 2009

Penn Awarded $2 Million Grant to Study Cardiac Muscle Cell Development:
One of only three sites selected by the American Heart Association
May 18, 2009

Big-Hearted Fish Reveals Genetic Underpinnings of Cardiovascular Condition:
Penn CVI’s Kahn lab unlocks mystery of puzzling human disease
Feb. 25, 2009

Research »

Personalized Medicine for the Heart?

Over the next five years 100,000 adult volunteers seeking patient care at the University of Pennsylvania Health System will be invited to join the Genetics of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Phenotypes Study, a DNA bank designed to identify genes involved in complex cardiovascular disorders. The study, part of the Complex Genetics Initiative, hopes to learn about the genetic causes of these diseases and how different people respond to medications and treatments.

About the CVI Complex Genetics Initiative »

New Heart Valves Without Open Surgery

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is one of a handful of medical centers participating in the PARTNER trial - a new procedure that could change the lives of more than 120,000 heart patients. The procedure gives patients new heart valves, but without a major incision, and without general anesthesia.

About the PARTNER Trial at Penn »