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New Opioid Prescription Dosages Drop 22 Percent in Penn Medicine’s New Jersey Practices Following Changes to State Law and Health Record Alerts October 11, 2019 The total amount of opioids dispensed per new opioid prescription decreased by 22 percent in Penn Medicine outpatient practices in New Jersey after the state passed a law limiting prescriptions to a five-day supply for new opioid prescriptions.
Penn Medicine Information Services Named to Most Wired List for 15th Year October 11, 2019 For the seventh consecutive year, Penn Medicine’s Information Services (IS) have been recognized on the Healthcare’s Most Wired list compiled by CHIME (the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives).
Awards & Accolades: September 2019 October 10, 2019 Learn how Penn clinicians and researchers are being honored by their peers.
With $20 Million NIH Grant, Penn Researchers to Develop a Tool to Help Diagnose, Track Parkinson’s Disease October 10, 2019 Researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a multi-institutional effort in pursuit of developing a critical tool for imaging the brains of patients with Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Algorithm Personalizes Which Cancer Mutations Are Best Targets for Immunotherapy October 9, 2019 As tumor cells multiply, they often spawn tens of thousands of genetic mutations. Figuring out which ones are the most promising to target with immunotherapy is like finding a few needles in a haystack. Now a new model developed by researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania hand-picks those needles so they can be leveraged in more effective, customized cancer vaccines.

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Author Correction: 'Stealth' corporate innovation: an emerging threat for therapeutic drug development.
Mastellos DC, Blom AM, Connolly ES, Daha MR, Geisbrecht BV, Ghebrehiwet B, Gros P, Hajishengallis G,... Nat Immunol. 2019 Oct 11
Long-term mechanical function and integration of an implanted tissue-engineered intervertebral disc.
Gullbrand SE, Ashinsky BG, Bonnevie ED, Kim DH, Engiles JB, Smith LJ, Elliott DM, Schaer TP,... Sci Transl Med. 2018 11 21;10(468)
Axonal transport: Driving synaptic function.
Guedes-Dias P, Holzbaur ELF Science. 2019 10 11;366(6462)
Gene therapy reduces Parkinson's disease symptoms by reorganizing functional brain connectivity.
Niethammer M, Tang CC, Vo A, Nguyen N, Spetsieris P, Dhawan V, Ma Y, Small M, Feigin A, During MJ,... Sci Transl Med. 2018 11 28;10(469)
Characterization of Parkinson's disease using blood-based biomarkers: A multicohort proteomic analysis.
Posavi M, Diaz-Ortiz M, Liu B, Swanson CR, Skrinak RT, Hernandez-Con P, Amado DA, Fullard M, Rick J,... PLoS Med. 2019 Oct;16(10):e1002931

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