Topics: Discovery Digest

A person in full personal protective equipment in a hospital

Certain pre-existing conditions can double, triple mortality risk for COVID-19 patients

Oct 8, 2020

A large, international study of COVID-19 patients confirmed that cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, stroke and cancer can increase a patient’s risk of dying from the virus.

Dr. Leslie Parent, wearing a lab coat, stands in a lab. Behind her is a desk and shelves covered with bottles and equipment.

Parent: College of Medicine receives record NIH funding, responds to COVID-19 challenge

Oct 7, 2020

Dr. Leslie Parent updated College of Medicine employees about $70 million in funding for research and how the community responded to COVID-19.

Red, purple and gray cells are present in a sample of a brain of MuPyV-infected mice. The red cells are CD4 T-cells and the purple cells are CD8 tissue-resident-memory cells.

IL-21 protein a key part of immune response to central nervous system infections

Oct 5, 2020

Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine now better understand the role of a protein, interleukin-21 (IL-21), in the immune system response to infections in the nervous system.

Kyle Sundberg wears a mask and over his eyes a visor with two narrow windows in front. He looks at a test tube that he holds between hands encased in rubber gloves.

Bringing help into focus: Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion benefits students at Penn State College of Medicine

Oct 1, 2020

Thanks to the support of the College of Medicine’s Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Kyle Sundberg has tools to assist him in pursuing his passion – science.

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