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“Electronic Nose” Accurately Sniffs Out Hard-to-Detect Cancers June 01, 2021 An odor-based test that sniffs out vapors emanating from blood samples was able to distinguish between benign and pancreatic and ovarian cancer cells with up to 95 percent accuracy, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine.
Penn Researchers Discover Drug that Blocks Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Mice May 28, 2021 The drug diABZI — which activates the body’s innate immune response — was highly effective in preventing severe COVID-19 in mice that were infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Low on Antibodies, Blood Cancer Patients Can Fight off COVID-19 with T Cells May 27, 2021 Antibodies aren’t the only immune cells needed to fight off COVID-19 — T cells are equally important and can step up to do the job when antibodies are depleted, suggests a new Penn Medicine study of blood cancer patients with COVID-19 published in Nature Medicine.
Penn Medicine Launches Region’s First Post-COVID-19 Neurological Care Clinic May 25, 2021 According to a recent study, as many as one in three COVID-19 survivors experience a mental health or neurological disorder within six months of a coronavirus infection, adding to a growing body of evidence that show COVID-19 can have serious and potentially long-lasting effects on the brain.
The Discovery Labs Signs Foundational Lease with the University of Pennsylvania Gene Therapy Program as Anchor Tenant May 25, 2021 The Discovery Labs has signed a foundational lease with the University of Pennsylvania Gene Therapy Program (GTP), which will use Discovery Labs’ suburban campus for a portion of its expanding research operations focused on the development of genetic medicines for rare and orphan diseases, as well as acquired and pandemic infectious diseases, such as COVID-19.

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Cognitive Risk in Survivors of Pediatric Brain Tumors.
Oyefiade A, Paltin I, De Luca CR, Hardy KK, Grosshans DR, Chintagumpala M, Mabbott DJ, ... Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2021 Jun 1;39(16):1718-1726 Epub 2021 Apr 22
Cellular immunology of relapsing multiple sclerosis: interactions, checks, and balances.
Bar-Or A, Li R The Lancet. Neurology. 2021 Jun;20(6):470-483 Epub 2021 Apr 27
Neurotoxic Effects of Childhood Cancer Therapy and Its Potential Neurocognitive Impact.
Phillips NS, Duke ES, Schofield HT, Ullrich NJ Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2021 Jun 1;39(16):1752-1765 Epub 2021 Apr 22
Association of Low-Value Care Exposure With Health Care Experience Ratings Among Patient Panels.
Sanghavi P, McWilliams JM, Schwartz AL, Zaslavsky AM JAMA internal medicine. 2021 May 28
New (Ab)normal: A Tale of 2 Pandemics.
Srinivasan L JAMA. 2021 May 28

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