Nov 20, 2017
Clues taken from small molecules in saliva may be able to help diagnose and predict the duration of concussions in children, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.
Nov 15, 2017
Olivier Noel, a sixth-year student in Penn State College of Medicine's MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program, has risen to national fame after appearing on ABC's hit reality show “Shark Tank.”
Nov 7, 2017
On Oct. 17, course instructors, advisors, business mentors and members of the nine participating teams gathered at the Cocoa Beanery to celebrate the successful completion of the 2017 Penn State Innovations Training Program
Nov 5, 2017
Penn State College of Medicine has again been successful in extending funding from the National Cancer Institute through a training grant for vital research into viruses that cause cancer. This training grant has been in place for more than 20 years.
Oct 30, 2017
Feng Yue, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State College of Medicine, has been awarded a five-year, $1.91 million Maximizing Investigators' Research Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health. The award will help to support his study on how genetic variants contribute to gene regulation and three-dimensional organization of DNA molecules that influence human diseases.
Oct 25, 2017
According to a group of Penn State researchers, the best way for children to benefit from both the positive and negative themes they see in movies is through coviewing, or watching and discussing the film with a parent or other adult.
Oct 18, 2017
A rare cancer in patients with breast implants may be on the rise, but not all patients and physicians may be aware of the risks associated with the procedure, according to a group of Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Oct 15, 2017
A Notice of Changes to NIH Policy for Issuing Certificates of Confidentiality was provided by the Institutional Review Board/Human Subjects Protection Office of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine in October 2017.
Oct 12, 2017
Few people may want to spend a Saturday night planning their end-of-life care, but playing a game designed to spur conversation about advance care planning may be a more enjoyable way to ease into the process, according to researchers.
Oct 6, 2017
Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have reported the first-ever quantitative whole-brain map of inhibitory neurons in the mouse brain.