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Penn profs portray biological processes with 12-foot lung model
The exhibit, currently housed in a digital art museum in Austria, is a model of the process of blood vessel formation in early lung development.
Local abortion clinic raided
Investigators say they found fetuses in jars and bloodied floors in Kermit Gosnell’s clinic at 38th Street and Lancaster Avenue. Gosnell has temporarily lost his license.
Study finds a link between brain diseases
A recent Penn-led study identified a particularly toxic form of the protein Elk-1, which provides clues to the first link between Huntington’s, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
Keep the patch on and the smoke clouds away
Quitting smokers who prolong their use of nicotine patches may find it easier to abstain from cigarette use in the future, according to a recent study by Penn researchers.
Penn doctors make a difference in Haiti
Although the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti continues to ravage the island, the members of a relief team from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine returned home last week knowing that they had made a substantial, positive impact.
Study finds abstinence-only education may work
The study was conducted with 662 12-year-old students from Philadelphia, who were divided into four different educational approaches.
New law requires caloric content on Phila. menus
On Monday, a new Philadelphia law that requires restaurants with over 15 locations to post calorie content on their menus took effect.
Students dance for charity
Students from a wide range of Penn dance groups participated in the Emily Sachs Dance Benefit — commemorating Penn student Emily Sachs who died from asthma — at the Iron Gate Theater last weekend. The annual benefit raises money to support asthma research and the Art-Reach program.
Mentoring the next generation of postdocs
Penning will receive the 2010 Distinguished Service Award from the National Postdoctoral Association at their annual conference, held from Mar. 12-14 in Philadelphia.
HUP sends medical team to Haiti, receives Haitian patients in Phila.
A medical team from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania arrived in Haiti on Monday to assist the nonprofit organization Partners in Health with surgical procedures.