Feb 9, 2015
Treatment of acute traumatic brain injury with the hormone progesterone provides no significant benefit to patients when compared with placebo, a NIH-funded phase III clinical trial has concluded.
Feb 2, 2015
With the Internet and social media becoming interwoven into the current era of medicine, Penn State College of Medicine researchers contend that professional medical societies must update or amend their […]
Dec 4, 2014
Scientists at Penn State College of Medicine, working alongside an international team of researchers, have produced the most complete encyclopedia of functional elements in the mouse genome to date and […]
Nov 20, 2014
The PA Breast Cancer Coalition has presented $100,000 to Craig Meyers, Ph.D., of Penn State College of Medicine.
Nov 13, 2014
Mice bred to carry a gene variant found in a third of ALS patients have a faster disease progression and die sooner than mice with the standard genetic model of […]
Nov 12, 2014
Penn State College of Medicine and University of Wisconsin have been awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund the study of a novel […]
Oct 22, 2014
Penn State College of Medicine researchers have developed a nanoparticle to deliver a melanoma-fighting drug directly to the cancer.
Oct 14, 2014
Dr. David Goldenberg of Penn State Hershey Medical Center discusses his research into thyroid cancer rates in Pennsylvania, where instances of the cancer are higher than the rest of the […]
Slow-healing or non-healing bone fractures in otherwise healthy people may be caused by gene variants that are common in the population, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Sep 10, 2014
Incidence of thyroid cancer is rising faster in Pennsylvania than in the rest of the United States as a whole, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.