Keeping the Flu At Bay—For Life
Nasal spray may replace annual flu shot.
Something in the Armpits
Men, looking for a reason not to shower?
Bittersweet Vindication for Atkins Diet
Studies offer qualified support for Atkins Diet approach.
Pharmaceutical Firm Gives $10 Million for Research
Grant from GlaxoSmithKline to support academic research.
Low Self Image? Avoid Mirrors, Watch TV
Connection found between TV watching and self-image.
Cutting Through the Smoke
Caryn Lerman and her colleagues at the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center are hot on the trail of biological, psychological, and social means to counter tobacco’s addictive power.
More Patients + Fewer Nurses = More Deaths
Fewer nurses means more patient deaths
Solar Neutrinos Shine on a New Nobel Laureate
Physics professor Ray Davis wins Nobel for work on solar neutrinos.
Of Mice and Kids (and Piglets)
Vet School advance could help save endangered species.
Lawsuit by Prison Inmates Dismissed
University states: “It is now understood and agreed throughout the global scientific community that prisoners … cannot be considered appropriate candidates for any biomedical studies.”
Bigger Baby, Heavier Paycheck
Link found between birth weight and pay
Bridging the Regeneration Gap in Spinal-Cord Injuries
Preventing scarring may help in healing spinal-cord injuries
Medical School Gets Sweet Diabetes Grant
$15.5 million to medical school to study juvenile diabetes FDA rejects
Turning Back the Clock on Stem Cells
Advance may produce stem cells without using embryos
Wilson’s Explanation Rejected
Wilson letter on gene-therapy trial
Pondering the Ethics and Science of Stem Cells
Panel examines stem-cell ethics and science
James Thomson and the Holy Grail
In 1998, graduate alumnus Dr. James Thomson won the race to isolate and culture human stem-cells for a sustained period—one of the holy grails of medical science—but he can’t outrun the controversy generated by his work. Increasingly, he isn’t trying.
For Good Measure …
The mismeasure of children
Innocence for Sale
Study details sexual exploitation of North American children
The Particle Sleuths
Penn researchers have a long history of tracking solar neutrinos, elusive particles which may tell us much about our sun and the nature of matter itself.
Shelter from the Storm
Sheltering the homeless—and saving money
Dinosaurs Lost and Found
A Penn graduate student's quest to rediscover the "lost dinosaurs of Egypt" was a story made for television—a two-hour documentary will air this winter—and led to a spectacular new find as well.
Penn to Launch Genomics Institute
Genomics Institute launched
How A Chemist Found Prints Charming
Dr. Madeleine Joullié G’50 Gr’53