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Machine Learning Identifies Personalized Brain Networks in Children February 19, 2020 Machine learning is helping Penn Medicine researchers identify the size and shape of brain networks in individual children, which may be useful for understanding psychiatric disorders.
Results from a new study suggest that Bmal1 gene is not an essential regulator of circadian rhythms February 18, 2020 The Bmal1 gene, found throughout the human body, is believed to be a critical part of the body’s main molecular timekeeper, but after deleting it in animal models, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that tissues continued to follow a 24-hour rhythm.
DNA Misfolding in White Blood Cells Increases Risk for Type 1 Diabetes February 13, 2020 It’s known that genetics, or an inherited genome, is a major determinant of one’s risk for autoimmune diseases, like Type 1 diabetes.
Fewer Steroids No Plasma Exchange A Change in Treatment for Vasculitis February 12, 2020 A decade-spanning trial found that for patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, two common methods of treatment actually do not have an impact on their long-term survival.
Penn Medicine Researchers Illuminate Racial Disparity in U.S. Acne Treatment February 12, 2020 A variety of medications exist to treat acne, from very potent oral drugs to topical medications. But according to a new study from Penn Medicine, patients who are black are far less likely to receive prescriptions for acne medication – especially systemic treatments like antibiotics - than white patients even though black people may often face long-lasting marks from acne.

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Associations of paediatric demyelinating and encephalitic syndromes with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies: a multicentre observational study.
Armangue T, Olivé-Cirera G, Martínez-Hernandez E, Sepulveda M, Ruiz-Garcia R, Muñoz-Batista M, Ariño H, ... The Lancet. Neurology. 2020 Mar;19(3):234-246 Epub 2020 Feb 10
Acute Upper Airway Obstruction.
Cannon JW, Gurney JM, Shackelford SA The New England journal of medicine. 2020 Feb 20;382(8):782-783
Innovating Surgical Education Using Video in the Otolaryngology Operating Room.
Silberthau KR, Chao TN, Newman JG JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery. 2020 Feb 20
Phase 1 Trial of Pembrolizumab Administered Concurrently With Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.
Jabbour SK, Berman AT, Decker RH, Lin Y, Feigenberg SJ, Gettinger SN, Aggarwal C, ... JAMA oncology. 2020 Feb 20
The Need to Improve the Clinical Utility of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests: Either Too Narrow or Too Broad.
Kilbride MK, Bradbury AR JAMA. 2020 Feb 19

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