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How to Make Insulin-Producing Cells from Gut Cells

10 Mar 2014 – New Penn Medicine research describes how introducing three proteins that control the regulation of DNA in the nucleus -- called transcription factors -- into an immune-deficient mouse turned a specific group of cells in the gut lining into beta-like cells, raising the prospect of using... Read more

Penn Medicine's Basser Research Center for BRCA Unveils Homologous Hope Sculpture

10 Mar 2014 – On Wednesday, the University of Pennsylvania’s Basser Research Center for BRCA will host a special event to formally unveil “Homologous Hope,” a new sculpture to be featured in the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine. Read more

Penn Researchers Model a Key Breaking Point Involved in Traumatic Brain Injury

10 Mar 2014 – Even the mildest form of a traumatic brain injury, better known as a concussion, can deal permanent, irreparable damage. Now, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania is using mathematical modeling to better understand the mechanisms at play in this kind of injury,... Read more

Three Penn hospitals Receive Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Awards

6 Mar 2014 – Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Chester County Hospital have received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. Read more

3.25 Million Dollar Gift Creates Penn Medicine/CHOP Friedreich's Ataxia Center of Excellence

6 Mar 2014 – Three longtime allies have joined forces to create the new Penn Medicine/CHOP Friedreich's Ataxia Center of Excellence. Read more

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