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
Preparing Major Tom for Microgravity
Dr. Martin Kushmerick M’63 Gr’66
Going Where Science Leads
Established in 1892 as a museum for anatomic specimens as well as a center for the "increase of original scientific knowledge," the Wistar Institute today is at the forefront of basic research on cancer, AIDS and other diseases.
No Better Place for Research
From College Hall | Penn has the capacity to lead the world.
Mapping Human Geography
Computer maps create powerful tool for data-gathering
Nathanson Tapped for Research Post
Nathanson named vice provost for research.
Ex-Inmates Sue Penn and Kligman over Research
Former inmates file suit over tests in 1960s-70s.
Extracting Data on Dentistry
Dr. Lois Kushner Cohen CW’60
Don’t Take Your Medicine!
Treatment interruptions may boost immune response
MacDiarmid Wins Nobel Prize
MacDiarmid wins chemistry Nobel.
Patient’s Family Sues Over Gene Study
Lawsuit filed in Gelsinger death … Settlement follows
Wistar Scientists Cleared of Hatching AIDS
Wistar polio-vaccine not cause of AIDS.
Glenn McGee on Brits, Yanks and … Male Birthing
Glenn McGee on his year studying bioethics in Britain.