Discover groundbreaking biomedical discoveries, pioneering health care innovations, and expert perspectives from Penn Medicine.
In a historic medical breakthrough, a child with a rare genetic disorder has been successfully treated with a customized CRISPR gene editing therapy.
Penn Medicine research is bringing the “sleeper” phase of cancer to light—creating hope that more cancers could be wiped out for good and never come back.
Penn Medicine’s hospitals are all committed to pursuing one of the nursing profession’s highest honors—and most have achieved it multiple times.
The lives, livelihoods, and passions of the people we care for are why we fight, and what serious diseases like cancer cause us to fear we’ll lose.
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania received two awards honoring programs that address food insecurity and expand cancer care access.
Philanthropy has established a clinical research data platform for the Penn Center for Adult-Onset Hearing Loss.
Instead of resting on his laurels after a distinguished military career, Benjamin “Kyle” Potter, MD, is bringing his battle-tested expertise to Penn.
Nearly two decades into her tenure at Penn, Raina Merchant, MD, leads teams transforming health care for better patient, clinician, and community experiences.
Susan M. Domchek, MD, FASCO, has been recognized as the 2025 recipient of the ASCO-American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Award.
The DSM, the diagnostic bible of psychiatrists may be improved with new technologies and information. Maria Oquendo, MD, PhD, is leading the team charged with rethinking it.
A dual-target CAR T cell therapy approach shows promise for slowing tumor growth in a notoriously aggressive and fast-growing brain cancer.
Bruce Levine, PhD, explains why Philadelphia—the birthplace of the breakthrough cancer treatment CAR T cell therapy—is known as “Cellicon Valley.”
The vaccine is the first mRNA vaccine against C. difficile and would be the first vaccine in general to successfully ward off the bacterial infection.
The latest round of 24 grants helps to power community service projects led by faculty, staff and students at Penn Medicine.
For five years, Penn Medicine’s Social Needs Response Team has connected patients to vital support foundational to good health.
Deeply Rooted is a community partnership that plants trees, greens vacant lots, and funds grassroots programs. The goal: health justice in action.
The beloved Bucks County institution—now Penn Medicine’s seventh hospital—maintains its founders’ focus on caring for its neighbors.
Uterus transplant is still a rare procedure—but for the six moms who have had eight babies to date through Penn’s program, it means the world.
Penn Medicine celebrated the groundbreaking at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in University City, for the center expected to open in late 2027.
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