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Free breast cancer screenings in Penn Medicine’s new mammogram van will begin Sunday The van will debut at a community health fair in West Philadelphia.

Free breast cancer screenings in Penn Medicine’s new mammogram van will begin Sunday www.inquirer.com/health/penn-...

Stem Cell–Derived, Fully Differentiated Islets for Type 1 Diabetes | NEJM Zimislecel is an allogeneic stem cell–derived islet-cell therapy. Data on the safety and efficacy of zimislecel in persons with type 1 diabetes are needed. We conducted a phase 1–2 study of zimisle...

A potentially major advance in the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes pioneered by Vertex and led by Dr. Mike Rickels of @Penn Medicine. Stem Cell–Derived, Fully Differentiated Islets for Type 1 Diabetes | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Senators push back on Trump’s proposed $18 billion NIH budget cut NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya faced sharp questions Tuesday about the agency's proposed 2026 budget from Republican and Democratic senators.

Bhattacharya admits there will be fewer clinical trials under proposed budget! Senators push back on Trump’s proposed $18 billion NIH budget cut www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/n... via @statnews.com

Opening Day picnic for a new class of Penn Dept of Medicine interns. Training the next generation of leaders in Medicine!

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and family donate $50 million to CHOP and Penn for autism institute The purpose of the new Lurie Autism Institute is to expand research already being done at CHOP and Penn, form a global hub for research, and attract more scientists to the field.

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and family donate $50 million to CHOP and Penn for autism institute www.inquirer.com/health/upenn...

mRNA, once lauded as a scientific marvel, is now a government target The sharp turnaround on mRNA vaccines shows the unprecedented rise of anti-vaccine activists to power

The mRNA platform has the potential to cure many autoimmune diseases and cancer! mRNA, once lauded as a scientific marvel, is now a government target www.statnews.com/2025/06/02/m... via @statnews.com

Plenary speaker at Penn’s Dept of Medicine Research Day Dr. Drew Weissman highlighting the potential of mRNA therapeutics to cure lupus, cancer, Sickle Cell disease and to promote equitable access to therapy across the globe. Science is happening at Pennmedicine!

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Loss of Subsidized Drug Coverage and Mortality among Medicare Beneficiaries | NEJM A total of 14 million Medicare beneficiaries receive the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), which reduces cost sharing in Medicare Part D. Losing the LIS may impede medication access and affect mortality. U...

Loss of Subsidized Drug Coverage and Mortality among Medicare Beneficiaries | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Undermining a PACT — Federal Cuts at the VA | NEJM A 2022 law that expanded treatment for veterans with certain conditions was long overdue. But delivering on its promise depends on VA clinicians and support staff, whose jobs are now at risk.

Undermining a PACT — Federal Cuts at the VA | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Trump and GOP’s tax bill would force cuts to Medicare, CBO says

Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease | NEJM Base editors can correct disease-causing genetic variants. After a neonate had received a diagnosis of severe carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, a disease with an estimated 50% mortality ...

Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

Another life saving therapy pioneered by Penn Medicine and CHOP faculty! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

Protecting Africa's children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A Message from Dr. Katrina A. Armstrong | Office of Public Affairs communications.news.columbia.edu/news/message...

At ‘Stand Up for Science’ rally, Francis Collins warns major NIH research programs ‘at severe risk’ At "Stand Up for Science" rallies across the U.S., scientists and their supporters protested Trump administration actions affecting research.

At ‘Stand Up for Science’ rally, Francis Collins warns major NIH research programs ‘at severe risk’ www.statnews.com/2025/03/07/s... via @statnews.com

Philadelphia Orchestra is all in for E-A-G-L-E-S game tomorrow!

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Celebrating Barkley’s 2000 yards!

Pioneering Rheumatologist Professor Georg Schett discussing the application of #CAR-T cells to treat #Lupus @pennmedicine.bsky.social Grand Rounds.

WOOHOO! Liz Traxler, Gerd Blobel, and Junwei Shi's genomewide CRISPR screen to identify novel repressors of HbF was selected for BEST OF ASH! #Penn #ASH24

Sankaty Lighthouse seen from across Sesachacha pond.

Max Bari advocating for #celiac patients received support from @SenCappelletti and the Commonwealth of PA to fund research for a treatment or cure of celiac disease in the lab of #Nobel Prize winner Dr. Drew Weissman and @PennMedicine.

Congrats to Dr. David Fajgenbaum who received the Judson Daland Prize for Clinical Investigation from the American Philosophical Society! @pennmedicine.bsky.social