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  October 9, 2023

  Engineering Styrofoam Into ‘Biofoam’

  Plastic food packaging is a major source of pollution, but finding sustainable alternatives has proved challenging. This research team thinks fungi might be the answer.
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  September 26, 2023

  Jefferson Investigates: Kids of Incarcerated Parents, Babies vs. Sleep and Better Asthma Inhalers

  New research explores addressing an asthma inhaler’s side effects, mental health access for kids with incarcerated parents, and how fruit flies choose between babies and sleep.
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  September 21, 2023

  Jefferson Researcher Receives Cancer Moonshot Award

  Hien Dang, PhD, was one of 11 people awarded the prestigious award aimed at finding therapies for tough-to-treat cancers in patients who have been historically disadvantaged.
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  September 14, 2023

  Saving Sea Turtles, One Paddle at a Time

  This summer, Dr. Manuela Tripepi traveled to Curaçao to research the disease ravaging sea turtles across the Caribbean.
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  August 28, 2023

  Jefferson Investigates: Maternal Death, Traumatic Brain Injury and Cellular Identity

  How a common antibiotic can reduce sepsis during labor, how confidence can help memory recovery after traumatic brain injury, and how cells pass identity down to daughter cells.
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  July 18, 2023

  Jefferson Investigates: Allergies to Cannabis, Brain Fog in HIV and Anti-Scarring Treatment

  How does cannabis cause allergic reactions, why do people with HIV experience cognitive decline, and how can internal scarring be reduced after rotator cuff repair.
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  July 11, 2023

  How Does Light at Night Affect My Health?

  Light pollution at night is getting worse. How can people maintain good sleep hygiene when brightness seeps through the windows?
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  May 26, 2023

  As a Platform to Share Ideas, Pre-med Students Organize TEDx Event

  Isha Akolia and Priya Modi focused on interdisciplinary communication and redefining possible.
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  May 25, 2023

  Serenaded by Andrea Bocelli, the Class of 2023 Celebrated at Commencement

  University honors grads from the Colleges of Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Population Health, Rehabilitation Sciences and Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
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  May 23, 2023

  Jefferson Investigates: Discrimination’s Impact on Recovery, Cannabis for Chronic Pain, and Cancer’s Blood Supply

  Does discrimination slow recovery from brain trauma, can patients with long-term pain use cannabis to reduce opioid use, will blocking blood flow to cancer slow its growth?
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  May 2, 2023

  Celebrating the Class of 2023

  New graduates look back at their education and share what lies ahead.