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2020 Green Purchasing Awards announced The pandemic has been an opportunity to reevaluate air travel policies, according to Green Purchasing Award recipient Megan Ryerson. A shift in kitchen waste streams designed by Award recipient Cheryl Hickey will stop approximately 12,000 cups from reaching a landfill each year. The University of Pennsylvania’s 2020 Green Purchasing Awards, presented by Penn Purchasing Services and Penn Sustainability, were recently announced during...

Ruby Washington is poised to make her mark in bioengineering Data show that healthcare disparities plague the Black community in America, making it harder to receive adequate treatment and care. But rather than just accepting the status quo, Ruby Washington, senior in the Department of Bioengineering, is dedicated to leveraging her interest in biomedicine to change outcomes and systems. “I feel that I have a duty to help my community and make the healthcare system better for people who look l...

New Target Discovered That Stops Progress of Osteoarthritis by Pooja Shete on  January 20, 2021 at 12:38 AM Currently there is no cure osteoarthritis. A group of scientists have discovered a new method by which a simple knee injection can potentially stop the diseases effects. The researchers showed that by targeting specific protein pathway in mice, they can be put into overdrive and halt the cartilage degeneration over time. Using these findings, they were able to show that...

Scientists discover new treatment target for osteoarthritis-like knee cartilage degeneration There is currently no cure for osteoarthritis, but a group of scientists believe theyve discovered a method through which a simple knee injection could potentially stop the diseases effects. These researchers showed that they could target a specific protein pathway in mice, put it into overdrive and halt cartilage degeneration over time. Building on that finding, they were able to show that treating mic...

 E-Mail There is currently no cure for osteoarthritis, but a group of scientists believe theyve discovered a method through which a simple knee injection could potentially stop the diseases effects. These researchers showed that they could target a specific protein pathway in mice, put it into overdrive and halt cartilage degeneration over time. Building on that finding, they were able to show that treating mice with surgery-inducedknee cartilage degeneration through the same pathway via the s...

/PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania have...

Credit: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, January 13, 2021--Researchers at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania have identified ionizable lipid nanoparticles that could be used to deliver mRNA as part of fetal therapy. The proof-of-concept study, published today in Science Advances, engineered and screened a number of lipid nanoparticle formulations for targeting mouse fetal organs and has laid the...

Brandon Gonzalez finds creativity in engineering energy efficiency For some, engineering captures the imagination at a young age. But while Brandon Gonzalez wondered at the marvels of his Nintendo Game Boy when he was young, it wasn’t until he took engineering courses as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania that he found his passion. Brandon Gonzalez. (Image: Penn Engineering Today) Gonzalez credits his introductory courses in computer systems and e...

Spiders, Caterpillars, Dragonflies Inspire Construction Material Research The National Science Foundation awarded grants to three universities to develop new technologies and materials to be used in biomanufacturing, cyber manufacturing and eco-manufacturing. December 10, 2020 University of Pennsylvania, Rowan University Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have used geometry-based structural optimization techniques to create human-scale structures out of concrete. The researchers will...