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2008
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August
red stain showing Parkinsons proteins in rat brain cells Penn Study Finds Way to Prevent Protein Clumping Characteristic of Parkinson’s Disease [8/15/08]
  Invitation to Cover: Incoming Class of University of Pennsylvania Medical Students Receive White Coats to Mark Start of Medical Careers [8/15/08]
  Invitation to Cover: Philadelphia Camp Erin [8/14/08]
  Expert Advisory: Organ Donation After Cardiac Death [8/13/08]
liver cells showing accumulation of proteins Penn Researchers Find a New Role for a 'Foxy Old Gene' [8/1/08]
July
  Searching for Shut Eye: Penn Study Identifies Possible Sleep Gene [7/29/08]
  Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease Earlier: Penn Researchers Identify Promising Indicators [7/28/08]
John Gearhart John Gearhart, Stem Cell Pioneer, Named Penn’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine Director and PIK Professor [7/28/08]
  Penn Experts to Present at Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting [7/28/08]
  Calcium May be the Key to Understanding Alzheimer's Disease [7/18/08]
  Analysis of Quickly Stopped Rx Orders Provides New Tool for Reducing Medical Errors [7/18/08]
  Penn Scientist Selected as One of Seven Rita Allen Foundation Scholars [7/17/08]
U.S. News Best Hospitals Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Ranked in Top 10 of “Honor Roll” in U.S.News & World Report Best Hospitals Survey [7/11/08]
  Novel Approach May Protect Against Heart Attack Injury [7/10/08]
  Sensing Tension: Molecular Motor Works By Detecting Minute Changes in Force, Find Penn Researchers [7/9/08]
  Penn Students and Researcher Given Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early-Career Awards [7/2/08]
  Penn Animal Study Identifies New DNA Weapon Against Avian Flu [7/1/08]
  Penn Scientist Selected as One of This Year's Twenty Pew Scholars in Biomedical Sciences [7/1/08]
  Penn School of Medicine Partnership Receives Community-Campus Health Award [7/1/08]
  Penn Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research Receives Gift from Bilger Foundation [7/1/08]
  Penn Researchers Identify Flaws in the Barcoded Technology Used to Reduce Medication Administration Errors [7/1/08]
June
  Zinc Finger Proteins Put Personalized HIV Therapy Within Reach [6/30/08]
  Penn Animal Study Suggests Inadequate Sleep May Exacerbate Cellular Aging in the Elderly [6/27/08]
  Penn Researchers Propose Major Changes to Informed Consent for Transplantation [6/26/08]
  Penn Researchers Find Key Developmental Pathway Activates Lung Stem Cells [6/17/08]
Brain of ALS patient showing TDP-43 density Lou Gehrig’s Disease Protein Found Throughout Brain, Suggesting Effects Beyond Motor Neurons, Find Penn Researchers [6/16/08]
Kenric Murayama Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Appoints New Chief of Surgery [6/11/08]
  Invitation to Cover: Staying Sharp into Your Sixties, Seventies, and Beyond: The Art & Science of Successful Aging, June 27 [6/11/08]
Sara Aton, PhD Penn Post-Doc Receives L’Oréal USA Fellowship For Women in Science [6/4/08]
  Penn Announces $50 Million Gift From Anne and Jerome Fisher for New Translational Medicine Research Center [6/3/08]
  Zhe Lu, MD, PhD Selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator [6/3/08]
  Penn Experts to Present at the International Society for Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting June 11-14 [6/3/08]
  New Method of Managing Risk in Pregnancy Leads to Healthier Newborns, Better Outcomes for Moms [6/2/08]
May
  Penn Researchers Gain New Insights on Spinal Muscle Atrophy [5/29/08]
Alice Chen-Plotkin Penn Neurodegenerative Disease Researcher Receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award and AAN Foundation/ALS Association Clinician-Scientist Development Fellowship [5/28/08]
Argos protein acts as decoy Fruit Fly Protein Acts as Decoy to Capture Tumor Growth Factors, Find Penn Researchers [5/28/08]
Oxidative stress reaction to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

A New Way to Look at Lung Cancer and Tobacco Carcinogens: Penn Researchers Find New Links in Critical Chemical Pathway [5/27/08]

Brian Strom, MD, MPH Brian Strom Receives John Phillips Memorial Award [5/23/2008]
  More Patients With Drug-Coated Cardiac Stents Survive, Avoid Costly and Invasive Follow-Up Procedures [5/22/08]
  “Blood-Free” Monitoring as Good as Blood Tests in Predicting the Course of AIDS, Find Penn Researchers [5/20/08]
  Invitation to Cover: Penn Skin Cancer Specialists Provide Free Screenings May 31, 2008 [5/19/08]
Alzheimer's disease fibers Penn Researchers Discover How Small Molecule Can Take Apart Disease-Associated Protein Fibers [5/16/08]
  Free Stem Cell Symposia to be Held June 10, 2008 [5/15/08]
  Pay for Performance Incentives May Backfire Among Safety-Net Hospitals [5/13/08]
April
retina photo Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Patients with Congenital Retinal Disease [4/27/08]
press kit Press Kit: Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Patients with Congenital Retinal Disease [4/27/08]
Jean Bennett and Al Maguire Behind the Headline: Labs, Love, and . . . a Vision [4/27/08]
  Yeast Rises to the Occasion: Penn Researchers Find Potential in Yeast for Selecting Lou Gehrig’s Disease Drugs [4/17/08]
  Hunting Down Cancer Susceptibility Genes: Breast Cancer Risk Amplified by Additional Genes in Combination With Damaged BRCA Genes [4/16/08]
 

Penn Researchers Discover 'Modus Operandi' of Heart Muscle Protein  [4/10/08]

 

Penn Researchers Find Promising Discovery for Developing Cancer Treatments Directed at Critical Developmental Pathway [4/10/08]

 

Fork in the Road? Penn Researchers Find That Cells on Path to Becoming Mature T-Cells More Flexible Than Commonly Thought [4/9/08]

  Is Two Better Than One? Double Binding Sites on Tumor Target May Provide Future Combination Therapy, Suggest Penn Researchers [4/8/08]
  More Genes for Lou Gehrig’s Disease Identified, According to Penn Researchers [4/7/08]
March
 

A Tale of Two Pathways: Molecular Biology of Sleep Apnea Could Lead to New Treatments [3/18/08]

  Invitation to Cover: Brain Injury Awareness Benefit at the Philadelphia Flyers Game [3/18/08]

February
  Penn Researchers Engineer First System of Human Nerve-Cell Tissue [2/26/08]
  Bacterial Toxin Closes Gate on Immune Response, Penn Researchers Discover [2/13/08]
  Media Advisory: PENN Childhood Obesity Researchers Panelists at AAAS Town Hall Event [2/11/08]
  FREE Prostate Cancer Screenings at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center [2/08/08]
  RNA-Associated Introns Guide Nerve-Cell Channel Production, Penn Researchers Find [2/05/08]
  Zilver Trial Aims to Offer High-Tech Relief for Peripheral Arterial Disease[2/4/08]

January
  Older Americans Suffer Serious Access Limitations to Exercise Their Right to Vote[1/31/08]
  African Americans Less Likely to Choose Epidurals for Post-Operative Pain Relief, Penn Research Finds [1/31/08]
  Penn Researchers Discover New Target for Preventing and Treating Flu [1/30/08]
  Invitation to Cover: 220-Ton Particle Accelerator for World's Largest Proton Therapy Center Arrives in Philadelphia [1/25/08]
  Neurology Journal Devotes Special Issue to Penn Research [1/25/08]
  Penn Researchers Find that Alzheimer's Molecule is a Smart Speed Bump on the Nerve-Cell Transport Highway [1/17/08]
  Anyone Can Save a Life: Penn Researchers Lead National Efforts to Improve CPR Quality [1/15/08]
  Two Different Neural Pathways Regulate Loss and Regain of Consciousness During General Anesthesia [1/14/08]
  Expert Advisory: Putting a Human Face on Stem Cell Research [1/11/08]
  Snoozing Worms Help Penn Researchers Explain the Evolution of Sleep [1/8/08]
  Colonoscopy Fears Overcome When Patients Support Patients [1/8/08]
   
   
 
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