Jul 11, 2019
Preventing a protein from doing its job may keep a certain type of ovarian cancer cell from growing and dividing uncontrollably in the lab, according to a new study from Penn State College of Medicine.
Jul 8, 2019
Forty-two Penn State College of Medicine faculty members have been promoted to professor, associate professor or associate librarian.
May 20, 2019
The College of Medicine presented degrees to 140 medical students, 86 graduate students and 27 physician assistants at its 49th annual commencement ceremony at Hershey Lodge May 18.
May 16, 2019
The annual Research Recognition Awards honoring Penn State College of Medicine faculty were presented in conjunction with the Spring Dean’s Lecture on May 14, 2019.
Apr 29, 2019
The National Institutes of Health granted Penn State College of Medicine researchers more than $2 million in March to support both new and established projects.
Apr 2, 2019
A recent study, published in Nature Genetics, reveals that addictions to tobacco and alcohol may result from a complex blend of genes and environmental influences, and are genetically correlated to other health issues and diseases.
Mar 18, 2019
Erin Tyndall, a PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program at Penn State College of Medicine, was honored for her research achievements at a scientific meeting.
Dec 19, 2018
Guy Townsend, PhD, Assistant Professor at Penn State College of Medicine, recently had a paper on the human gut microbiome published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences.
Oct 2, 2018
Splitting up and getting back together is always hard to do, but for proteins, it's almost impossible. However, a computer-guided algorithm may help scientists find just the right spot to split a protein and then reassemble it to functionality.
Sep 10, 2018
A team of researchers has developed a new framework that can combine three existing methods of finding mutations -- or structural variants -- in the DNA of cancer cells into a single, more complete picture.
