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-- CHOP/Penn Medicine Oncology Team Reports Complete Remission in Pediatric ALL Patients PHILADELPHIA, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two children with an aggressive form of childhood leukemia had a complete remission of their disease--showing no evidence of cancer cells in their bodies--after treatment with a novel cell therapy that reprogrammed their immune cells to rapidly multiply and destroy leukemia cells. A research team from The Children's Hospital of...

Academic partnership with Penn Medicine secures five-year contract to synthesize research evidence on the effectiveness of health technologies PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, has been designated to serve as one of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) for the next five years. (Logo:...

MyHeartMap Challenge Will Create Nation's First Crowdsourced Citywide Registry of Automated External Defibrillators, Awarding $10,000 to Participant Who Locates Largest Number of Lifesaving Devices PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of Penn Medicine researchers is set to save lives with cell phone cameras -- and they're challenging the public to help. The MyHeartMap Challenge, a month-long contest slated to take place beginning in mid January, will send...

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Greening of vacant urban land may affect the health and safety of nearby residents, according to a study published online in the American Journal of Epidemiology this week. The team, led by senior author Charles C. Branas, Ph.D., associate professor of Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, found in a decade-long comparison of vacant lots and improved vacant lots, that greening was linked to...

Executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine joins University City Science Center Board Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) September 22, 2011 J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D. has been elected to the Board of Directors of the University City Science Center. Jameson is the executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, where...

Listed Among the Top Five Medical Schools Nationally for 14th Straight Year PHILADELPHIA, March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the second consecutive year, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ranks #2 among research-oriented medical schools in the United States, according to U.S.News & World Report's annual survey. The annual survey of the nation's 126 fully accredited medical schools and twenty schools of osteopathic medicine also places Penn in the top ten in...

Expansion includes addition of Penn physicians to interventional cardiology program and Penn Heart Rescue CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Penn Medicine and Mercy Health System (MHS) announced today an expanded affiliation that enhances the comprehensive cardiovascular services provided at MHS's four acute care hospitals: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Mercy Suburban Hospital in East Norriton, Nazareth Hospital in Northeast Philadelphia and Mercy Philadelphia...

Penn Also Stands among the Top Five Nationally for Pediatrics, Women's Health, Internal Medicine and Drug/Alcohol Abuse PHILADELPHIA, April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has been ranked #2 among the nation's research-oriented medical schools, according to the annual survey by U.S. News & World Report, rising from #3 in last year's survey. The prestigious survey of the nation's 126 fully-accredited medical schools ranked Harvard...

PHILADELPHIA, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Pennsylvania and AstraZeneca today announced a new collaborative research agreement to make use of their respective talents and resources in an effort to bridge the transition from drug discovery to development. Initially, the collaboration between Penn Medicine and AstraZeneca scientists will focus on generating new Alzheimer's disease (AD) drug candidates for the clinical development pipeline. In AD, the formation of...

Minimally Invasive Procedure Shortens Recovery, Improves OutcomesA minimally invasive surgical approach developed by head and neck surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, California) has been cleared for TransOral otolaryngologic surgical procedures to treat benign tumors and select malignant tumors in adults.Drs. Gregory S. Weinstein and...