Penn Medicine

Dr. Kara Bernstein, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Perelman School of Medicine received a check for $100,000 from the Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition due to her research on triple negative breast cancer. Dr. Bernstein says the grant money will go towards research to help develop therapies for women fighting the disease. NBC10’s Yukare Nakayama has more on the...

Aside from the nurses and doctors who work there, Abraham “Abe” Bren might know the halls of Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center better than anyone. He’s currently battling cancer for the fourth time, after also surviving a heart attack.

Abraham Bren describes himself as “a professional sick person for the last 12 years” as he battles cancer, a heart attack and other health issues. Now, the military veteran’s daughter, Gabriela Bren, works as an oncology nurse at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center, helping him along his health journey. All the health problems and hard work haven’t stop Abraham from...

Three sisters are making history as being one of the very few groups of three or more siblings who have enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in the Doctor of Dental Medicine program at the same time. 

The award was given to Katalin Karikó, a professor at Sagan’s University in Hungary and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Drew Weissman, who performed his prizewinning research together with Karikó at the University of Pennsylvania.

Penn Medicine has shut down an urgent care facility in South Philadelphia. A spokesperson said it made the decision because more patients are using telemedicine instead of going to urgent care.