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Gene therapy has restored hearing for a second child. Here’s why some deaf people adamantly oppose treatment
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia surgeon John Germiller was among the world's first to successfully treat a deaf child with gene ...
Glyphosate legal update: After winning 9 straight cases in defense of Roundup, Bayer ordered to pay $175 million to former weed sprayer who contracted cancer
A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury on [October 27] delivered a $175 million verdict against the maker of Roundup weed ...
‘Democrats are trying to restart COVID hysteria’: Ideological clashes escalate with arrival of new booster shots
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of updated booster shots to combat the recent uptick in COVID-19 infections can only ...
Brain fog: Reducing air pollution can provide major cognitive benefits for older people
During the past decade, a growing body of research has shown that air pollution harms older adults’ brains, contributing to ...
How growing up in a poor neighborhood can damage a child’s developing brain
Children growing up in more disadvantaged neighborhoods — meaning those with poor housing quality, more poverty, and lower levels of ...
Star Penn swimmer Lia Thomas at the center of a rancorous controversy over trans athletes
Each time University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas dives off the race block, she’s swimming against more than just the ...
Hybrid immunity: Does Omicron offer as much protection as a booster vaccine?
Many thousands of Americans have been infected with the omicron strain of COVID-19 in the last month, including many who ...
Divide over competitive future of transgender swimmers deepens as NCAA clears way for Penn’s Lia Thomas to compete in championships
The NCAA announced [February 10] that it will not change its eligibility policies for transgender athletes ahead of the women’s ...
Cure for cancer? Two patients leukemia free a decade after breakthrough gene therapy
Penn researchers in 2010 treated their first chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients with CAR-T therapy, which uses the body’s own immune ...
Viewpoint: Will he retire? Aaron Rodgers’ playoff flop — as well as anti-vax musings — have him on the defensive
Progressives pounced on former prog-darling turned anti-vaxxer Aaron Rodgers this weekend after he and his Packers lost their NFL playoff ...
Is there an evolutionary explanation for recent surge in child-free pet parenting?
I’m an anthropologist who studies human-animal interactions, a field known as anthrozoology. I want to better understand the behavior of ...
One-and-done intravenous gene editing infusion might eventually be able to cure HIV
In 2014, Temple University researchers proved they could use state-of-the-art molecular scissors to cut out dormant HIV hiding in human ...
‘No one I have spoken to is looking forward to enforcing mask mandates on customers’: Frontline workers fear implementing renewed restrictions
On May 13 of this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hung American frontline workers out to dry ...
As hesitancy over COVID vaccine mandates reaches fever pitch, fears grow teenagers will forego another life-saving shot: The HPV vaccine
While states and districts decide whether children should have to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to the classroom, it ...
‘Designing’ cats to be less allergenic? Gene editing provides a solution
Solutions for people who want to be around cats despite allergies are labor-intensive, of questionable value, and sometimes defy common ...
Misinformation is undermining door-to-door COVID vaccine outreach effort. Here’s how it really works
For local groups working to get people vaccinated, door-knocking and neighborhood canvassing have been a key tool in reaching people ...
Metabolically tweaked CBD shows signs of curbing severe pain and chronic neuropathy associated with cancer treatments
[When professor of pharmacology Sara Jane] Ward tested CBD’s pain-relieving power in mice, she noticed it wasn’t absorbed well by ...
Philadelphia zoo rolls out plan to vaccinate gorillas, big cats and other animals at risk of contracting COVID
The Philadelphia Zoo is gearing up to vaccinate its highest-risk animals with an experimental vaccine developed by Zoetis, a former ...
Video: Dogs are being trained to sniff out COVID-19 at large public events
University of Pennsylvania researchers are training dogs to sniff out coronavirus, a skill that could be useful in controlling spread ...
76% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients have at least one symptom six months after infection
One recent analysis from China found that 76% of hospitalized patients had at least one symptom six months after they ...
We’ve made remarkable progress developing vaccines but treatments for COVID victims remain elusive
The only fully approved COVID-19 drug, the antiviral remdesivir, has shown modest benefit, at best, in hospitalized patients. Two “monoclonal ...
Why people who have recovered from COVID should still get the vaccine
President Donald Trump famously declared that he was immune after his bout with the disease. Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), ...
Even after an apparent ‘full recovery’ from COVID, this 20-year-old student experienced heart failure and nearly died
Maddie Neville contracted COVID-19 in October while living in an apartment off-campus near Temple University. She developed only mild symptoms — some ...
What do medical experts say about Black NFL players’ lawsuit claiming discrimination on dementia diagnoses
The question of adjusting cognitive test scores arose this week when two Black former NFL players filed a lawsuit alleging that the ...
Here’s how to join a COVID-19 vaccine trial
Vaccine makers are going to need thousands of volunteer testers over the next few months. As with any clinical trial, ...
Myocarditis and potential heart damage caused by COVID may be biggest challenge to resuscitating college sports
A small but growing body of evidence shows that COVID-19 can damage the heart, sometimes fatally, even in a previously ...
Who gets the first vaccines? Elderly? Front-line workers? Vulnerable minorities?
Someone will have to decide which of the world’s 7.8 billion people gets first crack at returning to a more ...
Challenges containing massive inflammation that often accompanies COVID-19
[Brett] Breslow was suffering from a massive bout of inflammation — a catch-all description for the damage in many of ...