After a single injection of genes that produce light-sensitive pigments in the back of his eye, a young man now joins his classmates in playing his first game of softball.
The presence of a gene can predict when a traumatic brain injury will lead to early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from neuroscientists at Penn.
A study published in the October issue of Nature Genetics demonstrates that loss of the tumor-suppressor protein p53, coupled with elimination of the DNA-maintenance protein ATR, severely disrupts tissue maintenance in mice.
In a study published recently in the journal Cancer, researchers at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center found that estrogen withdrawal may play a role in the onset of joint pain, also known as arthralgia, during treatment.