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Madabhushi lab working with researchers from Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Cleveland Clinic and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to begin training computers to glean from pathology images which patients will accept, reject heart transplant   The team of biomedical…

Researchers uncover surprising dark side to the body’s normally protective low oxygen response system   Brain cell dysfunction in low oxygen is, surprisingly, caused by the very same responder system that is intended to be protective, according to a new published study by a team of researchers at…

Interim President Scott Cowen and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that Interim Dean Stan Gerson has agreed to extend his term for another year, to June 30, 2022. “We knew Stan’s deep familiarity with the medical school and its hospital partners would give him distinct advantages as he…

As COVID-19 continues to spread, concerns about where and when it is safe to leave home may cause fear, frustration and fatigue. Part of that frustration may come from not having a quick, reliable source for accurate, up-to-date information on virus outbreaks.  That need inspired a team of two…

Researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine seek to optimize emerging methods of diagnosing two common neurodegenerative diseases—dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia—which affect 1.4 million in the United States With a $5.5 million, five-year award from…

ÃÛÌÒAPP scientists are working toward performing heart catheterization and cardiac ablation with a micro robotic device, controlled by a doctor wearing a mixed-reality headset—all while the patient is inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. Cardiac ablation is…

One of every 100 American children will die from firearms if current death rates continue; one of every 70 will die from overdoses A new study published in The American Journal of Medicine calculates the lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States. The lifetime…

A Series of Health Care Forums Addressing Today’s Most Demanding Global Health Care Issues  The first presidential debate leading up to the election in November was held on September 29 at the Health Education Campus, where candidates addressed demanding health care issues in addition to other…

We salute 34 students who graduated from the School of Medicine's physician assistant (PA) Class of 2020 on Sunday, August 30. Like many other firsts we’ve experienced this year, this was the first PA class to graduate virtually.   Averaging 1,900 hours of prior direct patient care experience…

Researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP have added to the growing body of understanding about how hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is not a possible defense against COVID-19.  Specifically, they found that HCQ is not effective in preventing COVID-19 in patients with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis…