Category: Research

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Genetic mutation may identify women with difficulty producing breast milk

Feb 22, 2022

Penn State College of Medicine researchers found that women who stopped breastfeeding because they believed they had inadequate milk supply are more likely to have a specific mutation in a gene found in mammary tissue.

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Office of Nursing Research and Innovation studies nursing ethics in pandemic era

Feb 15, 2022

College of Medicine and Hershey Medical Center researchers found that nurses faced unique stressors and ethical dilemmas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Black nurse gives a COVID-19 vaccine to a senior Black woman.

Study shows minorities more likely to get combo flu-COVID vaccine than just COVID vaccine alone

Feb 14, 2022

Results from a study involving a College of Medicine researcher suggest that bundling COVID-19 vaccines or boosters with influenza vaccines might increase uptake of COVID-19 and flu vaccines among minorities.

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Penn State College of Medicine receives nearly $4 million to study how COVID-19 affects maternal, child health during pregnancy

Feb 14, 2022

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has awarded Penn State College of Medicine $3.9 million through May 2025 to study the impact COVID-19 has on pregnancy.

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Novel gene therapy for hemophilia A may reduce life-threatening bleeding events

Feb 2, 2022

Dr. Elaine Eyster of the College of Medicine was involved in a clinical research trial that showed promising results for a new treatment for hemophilia A.

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Researchers to study how drug can be repurposed to assess nerve injuries

Jan 24, 2022

Researchers are studying whether a drug already approved to treat neurodegenerative diseases can be repurposed to help trauma surgeons determine whether nerves are severed or non-severed in peripheral nerve injuries.

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Weight loss before infertility treatment may not increase healthy births for women with obesity

Jan 18, 2022

A College of Medicine-led study found that women with obesity and unexplained infertility who lost weight prior to starting infertility treatments did not have a greater chance of having a healthy baby than those who did not lose weight prior to starting therapy.

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COVID-19 case trajectories may be predicted by surveying communities

Jan 10, 2022

The public’s willingness to comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations correlates with COVID-19 case projections in zip codes where those surveyed about their intended behaviors live, according to a Penn State College of Medicine study.

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College of Medicine team develops nanoscale ‘computer’ that controls function of protein, influences cell behavior

Jan 3, 2022

College of Medicine researchers have produced a nanocomputing agent that can control the function of a particular protein that is involved in cell movement and cancer metastasis.

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College of Medicine receives nearly $50 million to advance research

Dec 9, 2021

Between July and September 2021, Penn State College of Medicine received 208 grants and contracts totaling $49.9 million for research.

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