Blog Topic: COVID19

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  Collateral Damage: CAR T, COVID and the Cytokine Storm - Advances at Penn Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center

  August 19, 2021

  In its association with CAR T therapy, cytokine storm was discovered at Penn Medicine, and has been a source of study ever since.

  COVID-19 Immunotherapy Oncology
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  COVID Antibody Testing and Booster Doses for Transplant Patients: Guidance from the Penn Transplant Institute

  July 09, 2021

  A response from the Penn Transplant Institute to reports of booster vaccines in transplant patients.

  COVID-19 Transplant Transplant
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  Coming Together to Help COVID-19 “Long–Haulers”

  June 03, 2021

  Danielle Sandsmark, MD, PhD, and her colleagues are working to understand and treat the long-term neurological implications of COVID-19.

  Neurology COVID-19
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  DearPandemic.org: “Nerdy Girls” Counter COVID Misinformation One Question at a Time

  May 13, 2021

  Three Penn clinicians and academics are co-founding members of DearPandemic.org, a website with a trusted network of scientists answering questions from the general public to tackle misinformation around COVID-19.

  COVID-19
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  Monoclonal Antibody Combo for COVID-19: REGEN-COV Shot Reduces Progression to Symptomatic Disease, Viral Burden

  May 04, 2021

  Data from a clinical trial co-led by Penn Medicine’s Katharine J. Bar, MD, suggests that Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody shot, “REGEN-COV”, can reduce the risk of asymptomatic to symptomatic COVID-19 infection progression by almost one third.

  COVID-19 Immunotherapy
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  Penn Leads U.S. Component for Pathbreaking intubateCOVID Global Registry - Update 2021

  April 30, 2021

  Begun in 2020, the pathbreaking intubateCOVID global registry continues to reveal useful information about intubation practices in the US--where Penn Medicine is the national lead for the study--and the world.

  COVID-19
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  The Cost of Quarantine - A Response from Penn Surgeons and the Leonard Davis Institute

  April 19, 2021

  A group of Penn surgeons and specialists at the Leonard Davis Institute offer an optimistic perspective for hospitals facing COVID-related deficits.

  COVID-19
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  The Next Pandemic: Takeaways from a Discussion with Drs. Susan R. Weiss and Frederic Bushman for The Perry World House at Penn

  April 07, 2021

  In a recent seminar, Perelman School of Medicine microbiologist Frederic Bushman, PhD, and virologist Susan R. Weiss, PhD, considered the next pandemic and its origins.

  COVID-19 Immunotherapy
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  Confirmed at Penn, A New Strain of SARS-CoV-2 Arrives in Philadelphia

  April 05, 2021

  A mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2 now common in the UK was confirmed at Penn Medicine when it appeared in Philadelphia in early January - but questions remain.

  COVID-19
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  Are the COVID Vaccines Effective Against Variants of SARS-CoV-2?

  March 11, 2021

  Penn Medicine experts weigh in on a controversial issue.

  COVID-19