Pam King SamsSep 16, 20214 minShould You Worry About the Mu Variant?Yet another variant is being mentioned in discussions about the pandemic these days. Its name is mu, and after being discovered in...
Pam King SamsSep 15, 20212 minmRNA pioneers, Dr. Drew Weissman and Dr. Katalin Kariko share Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.Drew Weissman's decades of research helped pave the way for mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, but the scientist isn't resting on his laurels. The...
Pam King SamsSep 14, 20212 minPenn Medicine has hundreds of positions to fill ahead of $1.6B Pavilion opening next month.With about a month-and-a-half to go before Penn Medicine's $1.6 billion Pavilion makes its debut, the health system still has hundreds...
Pam King SamsSep 9, 20213 min2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Awarded to Penn Medicine mRNA Pioneers.Weissman and Karikó are honored for engineering modified RNA technology which enabled rapid development of effective COVID-19 vaccines It...