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Match Day 2013
Each year in March, medical students across the nation participate in a half-century-old tradition that brings tears of joy or sadness to those involved: Match Day.
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A “Passport” for the Immune System
The body’s innate immune system is its first line of defense against invaders. A disease-causing bacterium or a piece of wood from a splinter are treated the same: Cellular agents of the immune system identify these objects as foreign and try to destroy them.
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Looking For Early Signs of Autism
For the past five years, under the helm of Sarah Paterson, research assistant professor at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, and Robert Schultz, director of the Center for Autism Research at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers have been looking for early signs of autism in very young children with older siblings diagnosed with the condition.
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Penn Vet’s Working Dogs Get Schooled
It’s been three months since the Penn Vet Working Dog Center welcomed its inaugural class of puppies, seven rambunctious balls of energy destined to become highly trained detection dogs performing jobs that range from police and rescue work, to bomb and drug detection.
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Penn Nursing Helps Elders with LIFE
Since 1998, Penn Nursing has been providing a unique, all-inclusive system of healthcare enabling frail senior citizens who would otherwise be facing nursing home placement to live at home.