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Many Elderly Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Benefit from Targeted Therapies June 20, 2019 Many elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC)—who are often underrepresented in clinical trials to treat the kidney cancer—are seeing overall survival benefits from treatment with targeted therapies, according to a new study from Penn Medicine researchers published this month in JAMA Network Open.
Size Matters: New Data Reveals Cell Size Sparks Genome Awakening in Embryos June 18, 2019 For the first time, a team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found in an embryo that activation of its genome does not happen all at once, instead it follows a specific pattern controlled primarily by the various sizes of its cells.
Collegiate Affirmative Action Bans Linked to Increase in Smoking Among Minority High School Students June 18, 2019 Penn Study Shows Unanticipated Adverse Effects of Affirmative Action Bans on Health Behaviors
Facebook Posts Better at Predicting Diabetes, Mental Health Than Demographic Info June 17, 2019 Analyzing language shows that identifying certain groups of words significantly improves upon predicting some medical conditions in patients
How to Reinvigorate Exhausted Immune Cells and Stop Cancer Along the Way June 17, 2019 Penn study identifies protein that could be key to new immunotherapies

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Cosgrove L, Mills C, Amsterdam J, Heath I, Mehta A, Kalathil J, Shaughnessy A Lancet. 2019 Jun 19
Intravenous fibrinolytics in STEMI: a 25-year perspective.
Chatterjee S, Giri J Lancet. 2017 08 19;390(10096):718-720
Genomics-First Evaluation of Heart Disease Associated With Titin-Truncating Variants.
Haggerty CM, Damrauer SM, Levin MG, Birtwell D, Carey DJ, Golden AM, Hartzel DN, Hu Y, Judy R,... Circulation. 2019 Jun 20
Association of Coworker Reports About Unprofessional Behavior by Surgeons With Surgical Complications in Their Patients.
Cooper WO, Spain DA, Guillamondegui O, Kelz RR, Domenico HJ, Hopkins J, Sullivan P, Moore IN,... JAMA Surg. 2019 Jun 19
Macrophages Fertilize the Soil to Promote Hematopoietic Cell Growth.
Bennett L, Mumau M, Speck NA Immunity. 2019 Jun 18;50(6):1342-1344

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