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NEWS ARCHIVE
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2001 |
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December |
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Pump Up The Volume
(of Immune Cells) to Fight HIV [12/21/01] |
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Ibuprofen Blocks
Aspirin's Ability to Protect Against Heart Attacks [12/19/01]
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Penn Graduate Student
Receives Prestigious Association for Politics and Life Sciences Award
[12/18/01] |
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Penn Researcher Receives
Two Year Grant To Study Inherited Markers that Favor Development of
Schizophrenia [12/06/01] |
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November |
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Reed E. Pyeritz, MD,
PhD, Named Professor of Medicine and Chief of Medical Genetics
[11/06/01] |
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Link to Our Ancient
Past Is Confirmed in Research On Brain's Potassium Channels [11/06/01]
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October |
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Unnecessary Roughness
- Mild Head Injury Increases the Brain's Vulnerability to Further
Damage [10/30/01] |
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Pattern of Protein
Manufacture in Hippocampus Found by Scientists at University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine [10/22/01] |
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Combination of Vitamin
E and Aspirin Significantly Delays Atherosclerosis In Mice Even When
Cholesterol Levels Stay High [10/18/01]
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Bigger Betas Are
Better - Protein Found To Provide Pancreatic Cells with Protection
against Diabetes [10/18/01] |
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Antidepressants
Lower Heart Attack Risk [10/17/01]
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Reducing the
Risk of Medication Errors [10/17/01]
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Bioethicists Suggest
"Family Covenant" to Aid Physicians and Help Families Cope
With Genetic Information Overload [10/03/01]
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September |
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Retreat Is A Step
Forward for Alzheimer's Research [09/27/01]
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Heavy Breathing
in the Night: Central Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure [09/26/01]
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Caryn E. Lerman, PhD,
Named Associate Director for Cancer Control and Population Science
at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center [09/25/01]
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Immune Cells SLAP Internal
Signals Together [09/21/01] |
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Gene that Prevents
Tumor Growth Has Second Major Function In Carrying Messages From Circadian
Clock, Penn Scientists Find [09/20/01]
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August |
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Career Counseling for
Embryonic Cells New Class of Enzymes Link Cells to Growth Signals
in Developing Embryo [08/30/01] |
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Shiriki Kumanyika,
PhD, Elected to Board of Trustees of the International Society on
Hypertension in Blacks [08/28/01]
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Owen Montgomery,
MD, Named Medical Director for Special Projects for Clinical Care
Associates of the University of Pennsylvania Health System [08/28/01]
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Ending the
Cycle of Premenstrual Pain Oral Contraceptive Found to Relieve Severe
PMS and PMDD Symptoms [08/22/01]
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Irwin B. Levitan,
PhD, to Receive the Ranwell Caputto Award [08/14/01]
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Congratulations, It's a
Soy! Penn Researchers Take A Long-Term Look At The Safety Of Soy-Based
Infant Formula [08/14/01] |
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Wired For Health - UPHS
Named One Of Nation's 100 Most Wired Hospitals & Health Systems
[08/06/01] |
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July |
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Arthur H.
Rubenstein, MBBCh, Named Executive Vice President Of The University
Of Pennsylvania For The Health System And Dean, School Of Medicine
[07/30/01] |
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"Bionic Ear"
Implanted by Penn Surgeons to Give Hearing to the Deaf [07/27/01]
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NIH Awards $2 Million
Grant to Penn For Four-Year Study of Genes Associated with Epilepsy
[07/24/01] |
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HUP Once
Again In The National "Honor Roll" Of Hospitals According
To U.S. News & World Report [07/13/01]
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P.J. Brennan, MD,
Named Chief of Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety for the University
of Pennsylvania Health System [07/11/01]
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Relief from PMS and
PMDD May Just Be A Sniff Away [07/11/01]
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June |
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Penn Scientists
Find Cardiovascular System Holds Another Key To Body's Circadian Clock
[06/28/01] |
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Firearm Injury Center
at Penn Receives a $1.2 Million Grant from the Joyce Foundation
[06/19/01] |
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Penn Researchers Explore
the Role of Cell Suicide in the Development and Treatment of Cancer
[06/15/01] |
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Penn Study
Findings Reverse Key Chronology For Development of Alzheimer's Disease
in Mice [06/15/01] |
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Penn Participates
in Trial of Stent Device Designed to Deliver Drugs to Reduce Re-clogging
in Arteries [06/14/01] |
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Development of Important
Immune Cells Relies on More Complicated Influences than Scientists
Had Thought [06/08/01] |
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Penn Researchers:
Protein May Be the Essential Piece to the Pathway by Which Insulin
Controls Blood Sugar [06/01/01] |
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Alzheimer's
Disease Meets its Boxing Match [06/01/01]
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May |
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Recent Findings on
the Nature of Brain Disorders at the Center for Neurodegenerative
Disease [05/29/01] |
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Penn Researchers Find
Proteins More Dynamic than Previously Known [05/24/01]
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Penn Study Uncovers
Signs that Folic Acid and B12 May Lessen Some Ill Effects of Spinal
Muscular Atrophy [05/24/01] |
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The University of
Pennsylvania Cancer Center's Information Web Site, OncoLink, Ranked
One of the Highest in Study [05/24/01]
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Progenitor Cells
Can Have Protective Effect Against Brain Trauma [05/15/01]
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Penn Physician
Elected President of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery
[05/15/01] |
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Robert
D. Martin, PhD, Named Chief Executive Officer of the University of
Pennsylvania Health System [05/14/01]
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Penn Bioethicist Named
Chief of Bioethics and Human Subject Protection for NASA [05/10/01]
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Penn Physician Receives
Prestigious American Lung Association Award [05/07/01]
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April |
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Researchers
Use Gene Therapy to Reverse Blindness in Dogs [04/27/01] |
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University of Pennsylvania
Cancer Center Forms Strategic Alliance with Integral PET Associates
to Create Network of PENN PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Centers
[04/26/01] |
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In Ground-Breaking
Study, Scientists at Penn Track Epileptic Seizures [04/25/01] |
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Penn Scientist
Named Winner of Gairdner Foundation International Award for Medical
Science [04/25/01] |
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New Proteomics Tool Offers
a Clear Look at Cellular Proteins [04/23/01] |
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Penn Researchers Discover
That Stretching Neurons Induces Growth [04/17/01] |
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Penn Study Shows That
Blood Pressure Medication May Ease Symptoms of Cocaine Withdrawl
[04/09/01] |
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Nicotine Patches
Do Not Increase Risk For First Heart Attack [04/06/01] |
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University of Pennsylvania
Cancer Center Receives Two-Year $500,000 Grant From Lance Armstrong
Foundation to Establish Cancer Survivorship Program [04/03/01] |
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Penn Cancer Specialists
Use Continuous Taxol Infusion, Plus Radiation to Control Advanced
Head & Neck Cancers [04/03/01] |
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March |
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University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Ranks Fourth Nationally in U.S.News
& World Report Survey [03/30/01] |
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Penn Researchers Explain
the Mechanics behind the Delayed Effects of Brain Trauma [03/28/01] |
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Is the Concept of God
Hard-Wired into Our Brain? Study Finds Intriguing Link Between 'Mystical'
Experience in Meditation and Physical Response in the Brain [03/27/01] |
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Penn Study Shows
Participation by Alzheimer's Patients in Clinical Trials Determined
by Caregivers [03/27/01] |
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Strategic Alliance
Nets $16 Million Savings at UPHS [03/26/01] |
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Breast Cancer
Detection Technique Uses Fluorescent Molecules To Track and Illuminate
Malignant Cells [03/14/01] |
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Robot-Assisted Brain
Surgery Is Feasible Says Penn Researcher [03/13/01] |
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Penn Receives $1.2
Million Grant for Further Development of Compstatin, A Drug to Halt
an Overzealous Immune System [03/12/01] |
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Penn Cancer Center's
"OncoLink" Selected as Clinical Research Clearinghouse for
the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance [03/08/01] |
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Asprin and Other
Non-Specific COX Inhibitors May Slow Atherosclerosis, Penn Study Finds
[03/07/01] |
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February |
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PENN Travel Medicine
Predicts Vaccine Request To Double in 2001 Due To Increased Globalization
[02/26/01] |
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Society for Investigative
Pathology Honors Penn AIDS/HIV Researcher [02/01/01] |
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Study Demonstrates
Improved Quality of Life From Organ Preservation Surgery Approach
In Treatment of Some Larynx Cancers [02/01/01] |
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January |
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Oncogene Spawns
Further Mutation in Breast Cancer Study [01/31/01] |
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University of
Pennsylvania Health System Awards Contract for Information Technology
Management Services [01/25/01] |
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Penn's Head Injury
Center Receives $110,000 NFL Charities Grant to Study Long-Term Effects
of Concussions [01/24/01] |
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Gene Therapy
for Muscular Dystrophy When Controlled By a Muscle-Specific Promoter,
Prevents Immune Response [01/22/01] |
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Combining Weight Loss
Medication with Strong Diet and Exercise Program Triples Weight Loss
Over Use of Medication Alone [01/21/01] |
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Penn
Researchers Study Long-Term Survivorhsip Issues of
Testicular Cancer Patients [01/20/01] |
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Penn
Researchers Discover Fat Cell Hormone That Promotes
Type 2 Diabetes [01/17/01] |
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Smallpox
as A Weapon of Bioterrorism [01/15/01] |
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Penn
Researchers Answer "One Small Question,"
and Advance The Quest to Cure a Deadly Form of Cancer [01/11/01] |
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Penn
Researchers To Study Treatment Options For "Eye
Attacks" [01/10/01] |
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Specialty
Boutique Services Available at Rena Rowan Breast Cancer
Center of the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center [01/08/01] |
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B.E.N.@Penn
Links Researchers Across Disciplines [01/05/01] |
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Renowned
HIV/AIDS Researcher Named Chairman of the Department
of Microbiology at Penn's School of Medicine [01/03/01] |
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Penn
Researchers Combating Blindness From Diabetic Retinopathy
In Local Community With "4 Sight" Program [01/03/01] |
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