Penn Medicine Press Releases

New mRNA therapy could repair damaged lungs

Scientists at Penn’s Institute for RNA Innovation pursue vaccines to stop celiac disease

Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Create mRNA Vaccine to Prevent and Treat C. difficile

Penn’s $18 Million AIRFoundry to Revolutionize RNA Research, Meld AI and RNA

How Penn Medicine Is Changing the World with mRNA

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, Penn’s Historic mRNA Vaccine Research Team, Win 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine

The Future of Medicine Rises in University City: University of Pennsylvania Opens New Multi-Disciplinary Research Labs in One uCity Square

Penn Medicine Develops mRNA Vaccine Against Lyme Disease-Causing Bacteria

Penn Medicine and CHOP Researchers Develop “In Vivo” RNA-based Gene Editing Model for Blood Disorders

Penn Scientists Develop 20-Subtype mRNA Flu Vaccine to Protect Against Future Flu Pandemics

Five Penn Medicine Experts Elected to National Academy of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania’s First NFT Commemorates mRNA Research

2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Awarded to Penn Medicine mRNA Pioneers Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó

Vaccine-like mRNA Injection Can Be Used to Make CAR T cells in the Body

The Promise of mRNA

From Foundational Discoveries to Pandemic Proliferation of Impact

Penn mRNA Researchers Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó Awarded the 2021 Albany Prize

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine that Uses Fundamental Penn Technology Receives FDA Approval

University of Pennsylvania mRNA Biology Pioneers Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Enabled by their Foundational Research

University of Pennsylvania mRNA Pioneers Awarded the Princess of Asturias Award

University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine Establishes Roberts Family Professorship and Fellowship for Vaccine Research and Development