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Winter 2017

The legacy of visionary scientist, Penn Medicine alumnus, and longtime faculty member Peter C. Nowell, MD (1928-2016) stretches far beyond his famous 1960 discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome. His influence in cultivating the current and future landscape of precision therapies for cancer lives on. Also in this issue: Penn Medicine harnesses social media for health, a medical mystery in Guam, and a profile of an accomplished NIH biophysicist. Ready to get started? Follow the links below or choose your adventure.

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Remembering Peter Nowell

The legacy of visionary scientist, Penn Medicine alumnus, and longtime faculty member Peter C. Nowell, MD (1928-2016) stretches far beyond his famous 1960 discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome.

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Guam’s “Skeleton Key” Enigma

Thousands of deaths in Guam in the decades following World War II resulted from a debilitating, rare neurological disease that remains a medical mystery. Lytico-bodig has since nearly vanished as mysteriously as it appeared.

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A Deep and Lasting Passion for Science

William Eaton, BA’59, MD’64, PhD’67, has enjoyed a prodigious career buffeted by lucky breaks—from landing at the NIH instead of Vietnam, to carrying out research alongside a gaggle of Nobelists—and he has no plans of stopping.

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Tweet, Yelp, Heal

Advertisers and marketers have been hot on our digital trails for a number of years now, trying to find out as much as they can in order to target their products and services. Could similar techniques be used to improve medical care?

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    Vital Signs

    Princeton Healthcare merger announced. Dean Jameson re-appointed. First rare-disease ResearchKit iPhone app launched. New Perelman associate deans promote cross-school collaboration. Plus honors and awards and more.
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    Musician, Heal Thyself

    After Penn Medicine Symphony Orchestra's debut concert in December, Penn Medicine experts suggested that playing in the orchestra may deliver benefits to mind and body.
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    Hollywood Informatics Star Shines at Penn Medicine

    In the spring of 2012, Jeffrey Impey, asked if Brett Beaulieu-Jones and was up for a project. Impey had seen a pair of sunglasses in a movie and, wanting to get himself a pair, did what everyone does and did some online digging.
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    Editor's Note

    In celebrating the life and legacy of Peter Nowell in this issue of Penn Medicine, my first as editor, I have tried to test out a formula that you may see much more in this magazine in the future.
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    Development Matters

    More than 300 guests came to the Hyatt at The Bellevue for Penn Medicine’s December Endowed Professorships dinner, celebrating the extraordinary achievements that endowed professorships can make possible.
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    Alumni News

    Noteworthy: Rajiv Shah, MD’02 was named president of the Rockefeller Foundation. Legacy Giving: Lou Kozloff, BA’65, MD’69, and his medical school roommate Ed Anderson, plan to endow a medical school scholarship fund for a deserving student.
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    Choose Your Adventure

    This issue of Penn Medicine encompasses journeys far and wide by alumni and faculty of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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