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(04/16/08 9:00am)
Lawyers for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania are pushing to go to trial rather than settle a lawsuit filed by the estate of Tony Grier - the man who died after a lung transplant at HUP two years ago - according to the attorney for Grier's estate.
(04/10/08 9:00am)
On Monday, a judge sealed documents that reveal the identity of the person whose lungs Tony Grier received during a transplant at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania two years ago.
(04/07/08 9:00am)
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has "expressly denied" that its doctors misrepresented the identity of a lung donor to Tony Grier, the man who died after receiving a pair of cancerous lungs during a transplant at HUP two years ago.
(04/04/08 9:00am)
While many researchers say an AIDS vaccine is distant - and some declare the prospect unrealistic - Pathology and Laboratory Medicine professor Carl June is pioneering a new gene therapy that could convert the HIV virus in a patient's body into a less harmful form.
(03/28/08 9:00am)
As prescription stimulant use rises on college campuses, some neuroscientists think academia is entering an age of widespread drug-induced brain enhancement.
(03/25/08 9:00am)
Penn researchers have discovered that sleep apnea - a disorder characterized by periodic lapses in breathing while asleep, usually due to an obstructed airway - results in probably irreversible muscle weakness, which can make the condition even worse.
(03/21/08 9:00am)
Yesterday a judge ordered the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to provide crucial evidence to lawyers for the estate of Tony Grier, the man who died after receiving a pair of cancerous lungs at HUP two years ago.
(03/07/08 10:00am)
For years, scientists have been devising ways to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy - the most common and serious form of the disease - without actually replacing the mutated gene that causes it. That approach may soon pay off, as researchers start testing the most promising of such techniques.
(02/29/08 10:00am)
The new substance-free residential program at Fisher Hassenfeld College House has entered its second semester with no reported violations.
(02/26/08 10:00am)
The second largest group of physicians in the United States sees evidence that marijuana can relieve severe pain and supports its medicinal use, according to a recently issued position paper.
(02/20/08 10:00am)
It has killed a Hollywood actor and been the subject of a Superbowl ad - prescription drug abuse is definitely on the national radar.
(02/13/08 10:00am)
When College alum Philip Rosen graduated last year, he started working in July but found that his job would not provide him with health insurance until October.
(02/08/08 10:00am)
Two years ago, Tony Grier received a pair of diseased lungs during a lung transplant at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Now, HUP must respond to questions raised in a lawsuit filed by Grier's estate.
(11/30/07 10:00am)
An abortion debate hosted yesterday by OurVoice 2008, a group that aims to mobilize young voters, repeatedly broke down into a single vitriolic exchange between the pro-choice and pro-life debaters.
(10/24/07 9:00am)
Six thousand feet above sea level, on the flanks of the Peruvian Andes, a remote community of organic coffee farmers still follow the ancient Incan philosophy of Ayni.
(02/18/05 10:00am)
Over the past two weeks two buildings at Brown University have experienced bizarre and likely alcohol-fueled acts of vandalism.
(11/15/04 10:00am)
Professor Emeritus and six-time Penn degree recipient Edward Shils passed away over the weekend. He was 89 years old.
(11/08/04 10:00am)
Jewish Heritage Programs members served up 1,100 pounds of chicken, dished out 475 pounds of kugel and handed out 215 loaves of challah bread on Friday night as part of the organization's biannual effort to reach out to Jewish and non-Jewish students alike.
(11/01/04 10:00am)
The flame of liberty burns in the heart of Penn's president -- liberty, that is, to feast on Halloween treats.
(10/12/04 9:00am)
Spruce College House will be renamed for Board of Trustees Chairman James Riepe and his wife Gail after the couple pledged in June to donate $10 million to the University, officials announced yesterday.